BNHA Littlespace Stories

🦁OjiKami⚡

Overwhelmed by everything in class, Denki starts to freak out. Thankfully Ojiro and his tail save the day. Requested ❤

(Includes autistic Denki & autistic Aizawa headcanons)

Denki woke up...wrong.

There was nothing different about today, no events that could cause this kind of anxious discomfort. Not that new events would cause this level of discomfort. It's just... Denki couldn't find the words to describe it.

Nothing felt right... in a sense.

Denki knew he was different from the moment he grew conscious. He struggled to live in the world around him. Everything was such a contradiction. Textures either felt amazing or made his teeth hurt. Sounds could make him either wiggle happily or make him try to scratch his ears off. And visuals, if ones were too bright he felt like he couldn't see without pain, and if visuals were too dull it gave him a raging headache.

He struggled to find a balance. He could tell that other kids did not struggle in the same way.

The other kids also realized he was different too, avoiding him at all costs.

Adults called him difficult and selfish. He had behaviour problems apparently. No matter what he did, he always seemed to be doing something wrong. And no one would tell him how he was doing something wrong and why it was wrong and--

Denki felt like he couldn't be himself at a very young age. He stayed away from kids and modelled after adults that talked to him because they pitied him. As he got older he learned to become a completely different person from how he really was.

Everyone seemed to like him then after he 'changed'.

He's gotten to an age now where a lot of kids reflect on their childhood with fond feelings.

But Denki didn't have that. There was nothing to reminisce about. His-meltdowns-tantrums? Having experienced peer rejection at every waking moment? How 'autistic' had stuck to his forehead in gorilla glue so everyone could steer clear of him for the rest of his life?

Denki could only imagine what his childhood could be like. His brain works in mysterious ways, so it was no surprise when he first experienced age regression for the first time.

He found he liked it, indulging in it whenever the opportunity presented itself. When he got into UA though he realized things were going to be different. Things were going to be hard. And no one would make accommodations for him, it was a hard pill to swallow. At any point in time, the school could just decide he wasn't good enough-normal enough- to be here and get kicked out.

He had to try extra hard to be 'normal'.

It was draining though, Denki knew it was taking a toll on him when almost every day he felt 'wrong'.

But the weight of responsibility kept him from letting it all fall.

So even when all his clothes felt itchy, and his toothpaste felt sharp in his mouth, and his bag wasn't level right on his back. He still got ready and trudged on, heading to class.

The room was loud with chatter. Conversations he couldn't help but hyper-focus on. Denki related to Bakugou's scowl right about then. Wanting nothing but the joyful feeling of nothingness for the rest of the day.

He tried to ignore everything, pretending that all his senses weren't stinging with over-stimulation. He immediately jumped headfirst into a conversation he knew nothing about. He had rehearsed lines in his head, practically note sheets behind his eyes on how to act.