Hawks And The Fox ➻ Keigo Takami || BNHA X OC

[5/25]

AT FIRST I THOUGHT DEKU
would be just like all my mom's other students. Mean, and annoying, but he was just different. I felt like I could trust him. He reminded me of my dad.

The moment my mom closed the door I bolted around the livingroom. I was just so excited to finally meet someone who thought like me, but I would never admit that. I screwed around with him a little bit though. I had to, the look on his face when I'd suprise him was just priceless.

But then he made me chocolate milk, and we started doing a puzzle. I calmed down from there. My mom used to call me the chocolate milk monster, because that's all I would drink--I drink soda now too. And I really like apple juice. Chocolate milk would always be my favorite though.

We were talking about school. I was telling him about how school used to be back In shirakawago. I told him about all the friends I had. I showed him my treasure chest, of collected animal corpses from when my mom used to farm for food. He didn't really like it very much. Eventually our conversation led to how school was treating me now.

And I sort of just responded with silence.

"Is..everything okay Natsu? You got quiet all the sudden..." He flashes me a look of worry. I paw around the puzzle; my ears flickering anxiously.

"Well honestly I don't like this school very much." I responded with tired eyes.

"O-Oh.." He gave me this knowing glance. Like he could read my mind. It creeped me out a little bit. I hug my knees to my chest, and curl my tail around my body.

"Do you..wanna talk about it?" He nudges me, giving a warm smile.

I sigh. "I've seen Mom...crying before."

He knitted his brows together, confusion and shock evident in his features. "After dad died...she's been working really hard to take care of me. She moved us here to help me..."

"But the other kids at school call me different. My friends at my old school didn't care if I looked weird or sounded weird or even if I didn't know how to use my quirk. But here everyone makes fun of me...they call me names..."

"Every time Mom picks me up from school, I smile because...she works so hard for me. I don't wanna make her sad like before again."

"It makes me feel...like I can't even be myself anymore..."

My ears twitch, and suddenly I felt him lacing his fingers through the fur on my head, the way my mom did. "I don't think telling your mom would make her sad." He pointed out chuckling.

"Your mom cares about you. I can see it, in the way she talks about you. The way she looks at you."

"What do you wanna be when you grow up Natsu?"

I pursed my lips; my tail thumping against the hardwood floor.

"I wanna be a pro hero...I wanna save people like All-Might..."

"Then don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Because no matter what, you have the power to do anything as long as you put your mind to it. You can be a hero too Natsu."

I couldn't help but gape as I looked up at him. It looked like saying this meant just as much to him as it meant to me. I felt tears brimming my eyes.

"R-Really??"

He nods. "Yes, really."
I blink hazily, exhaustion from the long day finally sinking in as I curled into his lap. He merely chuckles patting me on the head.

"Hey...Deku?" I yawn.
"Yeah Natsu?"

"I think you'd be the best pro hero in the world."

I could sense his emotions escalating at my statement, but I was too tired to say anything. He chuckled, sniffling. "Ha, thanks Natsu."