Don't Let the Spark Die [BNHA Gen 2]

Chapter 20: Petals Falling Beautifully

TW: Mentions of dr*gs and mild mentions of s*xual harassment 

Hado POV

"So Hado, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself." My new homeroom teacher asked but it felt more like a command. I stood at the front of the class, cleared my throat and began to speak.

"H-Hi everyone. My name is Michiru Hado. My first name means 'petals falling beautifully'. I'm sure you're all curious about....about my q-quirk." Another deep breath. I hate talking about my quirk. "My quirk is called Emotional Withdrawal but most people say Emotion Pull for short. Basically, I can pull out the most dominant emotion from any person and turn it either into energy to help me fight or I can turn that emotion into a demon/dragon to help me fight. Also, if I'm feeling a really strong emotion, an coloured aura will appear around me. The colour depends on the emotion. I also can't control the auras." I finished. I had done it. 'Good job.' I reassured myself. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a hand shoot up. It was a small boy with green hair. He looked ready to pop with excitement.

"Yes Midoriya?" Aizawa pointed at him to ask his question.

"Your last name sounds familiar. Are you related to someone we would know?" The whole class looked with anticipation, awaiting my answer. More deep breathes.

"I'm related to a girl called Nejire Hado. She's my older sister. She came to UA and was in class  3-A with Miro and Amajiki. Those are her 2 best friends to this day." I felt my eyes shine at the mention of my sister. I loved her more than anything. Aizawa looked interested but not surprised at my answer.

"I have a question m'lady." A boy with blonde hair and black gloves slowly stood up and sat on his desk. 'What in the world is he doing?' I thought. "These emotion monsters of yours, do they all look the same or are they different?"

"Oh! Uhh yeah. Each monster is based off of the emotion that created it. I should've also mentioned this before but I'm genderfluid." I saw some kids look confused to I went on explaining. "That means that I can switch between masculine and feminine. I do use she/her pronouns 80% of the time but there can and will be days where I ask to use they/them pronouns." I looked down, knowing how homophobic the world could be. I felt a greyish blue aura start to form. 'Anxious and sad. Great.' I guess Mr Aizawa noticed because he clapped his hands to make everyone listen.

"We accept everyone in this class room. Don't we kids? Course we do. Hado, if you ever want to use they/them, just tell us. Now students, you may be wondering why there is an open space in our hero course." I saw everyone nod in agreement and I felt my blue aura go away. 'Still anxious though.' I thought to myself. Mr Aizawa started speaking again, snapping me out of my aura thoughts.

"It appears that one of our students, Nezu Shoji, has been expelled. Even if you guys are only first years, Mr Shoji has been caught supplying drugs to older girls to get them to go on dates and kiss him and to go MUCH further than that. That is why we have a vacancy for Hado. Now Hado." Mr Aizawa turned to me, still standing there. "You will be sitting in seat number 11, behind Yumena Jiro." He pointed at a girl with long purple hair and headphones on. Her makeup looked amazing. I felt the blue aura come back but this time, I saw a green aura forming around my body.

"What does that mean? I mean, why did it change colour?" Jiro, the girl I had begun to walk towards ask. I pointed at the bright turquoise green aura that had formed around my whole body.

"Oh this? It shows my strongest emotions. I can't control it but I can feel which emotion it's changing to. At the moment it's turquoise because it's blue and yellow mixed together." I explain to Jiro before sitting behind her in seat 11. She turns around to face me.
"And what does that mean?" I notice how quietly she's trying to talk. 'Voice quirk for sure. There's no way it's not a voice quirk. I mean speaking quietly AND headphones. I mea-'.

"Hello? Hado?" She clicked her fingers at my face.

"Sorry I was thinking. Did you ask what blue and yellow mean?" Jiro nods. 

"It means happy and sad." I smiled. Maybe this class won't be that bad. 

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