[Semi-Edited Version] ⚠️ T R I G G E R W A R N I N G ⚠️ -Language, Depression, Violence, Rape and other Mature Themes are present in this story. No quirk. Deaf Bakugou AU. ‼️READERS DISCRETION IS ADVISED‼️ Bakugou has had a troubled life. His parents are worried and so is his friends. He can't communicate with other people well so he shuts them out. But his life long dream since he was rendered deaf was to here the sound of voices. One in particular. I don't own Boku No Hero Academia [COMPLETED]

Bakugou is new to this school, U.A., it's the school he has wanted to go to since he was a kid, yet has been avoiding it because he knows everybody that knows him well enough would know he's there. Since joining, he's run into some pretty weird people and has re-dug up some better left forgotten memories. He's struggling to bear it all on his own, but he's too afraid to get close to people again. Kirishima has been attending U.A. for three years, it's helped him gain respect among the hero community. Despite this and the friendships he's forged since joining, he longs for something more. They're in their third year at UA and Shinsou is in 1B. Mineta is gone because fuck off Grape Boi.

After an incident years ago Bakugou refuses ever speak or use his quirk again, he pretends to be quirkless. He hasn't found the courage to speak after all these years, he judges himself more than those around him.