Chapter 32

Mic POV

We waited for Sho at the entrance to the heights alliance. After a few minutes, we saw a dark figure coming towards us. He looked tired and like he was thinking hard about something.

I put my hand on his shoulder and tilted my head, "Hey, Sho? You alright?"

"Yeah, we've never seen you look this spaced out before," Nemuri said with her hands placed gently on her hips.

His eyebrows furrowed, "...I'll explain just not here."

Nezu climbed back onto Sho as we walked back to Nezu's office. He seemed so spaced out like he was detached from reality in a certain way. His eyes, which held their normal tired neutral shape, looked like it held a tornado of mixed emotions yet at the same time, no emotion at all.

The walk was quiet and tense, the same question kept rattling my brain, what the hell happened?

We made it to the office and as the familiar click of the door sounded, Nemuri and I sat down on the couch while Nezu made some tea and Sho slouched against the wall. Soon enough Nezu placed a tray down carrying four cups of hot tea.

I carefully took the cup into my hand and blew on it slightly cooling it down, and brought it to my lips taking a sip. The tea was comforting considering the tense silence. I am very uncomfortable with the energy that we have created in the studio today…

Finally, Sho grabbed his own and took a big sip from the cup. He set the cup back down on the coffee table and sat down next to me as he rested his elbows on his knees and dragged his hands over his face.

He leaned back and relaxed into the couch as he began, "I'm not one to jump to conclusions and I don't want to assume the worst, but…"

"Oh spit it out already! I can't take this atmosphere any longer!" Nemuri exclaimed.

"Nemuri!" I scolded her.

"What are you referring to Aizawa?" Nezu asked calmly between sips.

"...When I carried Alex back to their dorm, I noticed a small stain on their pant leg. I continued on my way thinking nothing of it at first, but the stain got bigger and darker. A bit of the substance got on my fingers and as I smelled what it and all I smelled was...was blood…"

Gasps filled the room as well as small clinks from our teacups making contact with the table.

"Aizawa, please continue."

Sho nodded, "Curious, I pulled up their pant leg slightly and I saw some bandages peeking out from just below the knee. Again, I don't want to assume the worst, but…"

"This is still a concerning matter…" Nezu stated looking down slightly.

"What do you think they were doing...you don't possibly think they were…" Nemuri questioned, worry laced into her tone.

"Perhaps, whether they are or not, we should take this matter seriously."

The three of us nodded.

Nezu instantly perked up as he clapped his paws together, "We will have to check up on Alex and monitor their mental state regularly, ask them questions every once in a while, though try to be discrete."

We nodded again.

"Great! Now you three are dismissed, we shall reschedule our staff meeting for tomorrow since we didn't have a chance to go over everything. That's all, goodbye you three!"

We all deadpanned, another meeting? Yay…..

First POV

I woke up as my eyes opened slowly and I peered around the pitch-black room. My body was sore all over and my head was pounding. I grabbed my phone which was still in my pants pocket and checked the time, squinting at the brightness it emitted.

"3:27 am huh," I said to myself. Well, there's no point in going back to sleep.

"Wait a second, when did I go to sleep?" I asked the void of darkness. Sitting there in silence with no answer until memories flooded into my head.

I sat there wide-eyed from shock. I discovered a new part of my quirk…

I smirked to myself, the empty feeling was still there, but not as prominent as it was before. Maybe I was wrong in my assessment, at this rate, I should be back to normal by the time school starts.

"It's different from when I take emotions from others, when I take from others, if they felt about 50 points of happiness and I took 5, then they'd feel a 5 point difference, if they are supposed to feel 25 points then they'll only feel 20 points and so on until I use the 5 points I stole, though that's not the case with this," I tilted my head in confusion, "Emotions...feelings…..brain...mental state maybe. That explains why I passed out right after using it. Sleep does help you recover from mental and physical exhaustion, so that would make sense…"

Deciding to deal with it later, I got up and walked over to the bathroom, washing my face and brushing my hair. I would brush my teeth, but I'm gonna get some coffee anyway so it's pointless to do so. Eh, I'll just do it later while getting ready for school. I caught a glimpse of my pant leg and saw that some of the blood-soaked through.

"Fuck," I cursed under my breath. Hopefully, none of the pros saw it.

Quickly I changed my pants for a pair of pajama pants with skulls on them and changed out the bandages. Then, a brilliant idea was conjured in my head as I took out my phone and snapped a picture. I sent it to Nezu and typed out "I lived bitch" and pressed send.

I left my dorm room and rode the elevator down to the bottom floor, to my surprise Shinsou was already there brewing some coffee for himself. He noticed me as his head turned and he gave a small smile, "What are you doing up?"

I waved and walked over, "I could ask the same of you, can I have some?" I asked, pointing to the coffee pot.

He nodded as I grabbed the creamer from the fridge and a mug along with a small spoon. Soon, it was done and we poured our cups.

"You never answered my question." He stated. We sat down on the couches in the common area and sipped at our coffee.

"I don't know, I just woke up and saw no point in going back to sleep. How about you?"

"Couldn't sleep and saw no point in trying," he said, shrugging.

"You should really sleep more, Todoroki's gonna start making conspiracies about you being Aizy's secret love child or something, if he hasn't already," I said smiling as I took another sip of my coffee. The warmness and flavor of the drink bring a sort of comfort.

Shinsou laughed, "Eh, it doesn't really matter to me, he can go on as many wild goose chases as he wants."

We sat in comfortable silence for a while and talked about random things for a while, trying to keep our voices down as to not waking up everyone.

Finally, about 3 cups of coffee and several hours later, it hit 6:00 am and the two of us both went back up to our dorms to start the day.

*time skip*

The school bell rang signaling the end of the day as Mr.Aizawa made an announcement, "There's only one week left before your final exams begin. I'm sure you're all studying constantly right? Don't forget to keep training, the written exam is only one element. There's also the practical portion to worry about," he grabbed the stack of papers as he walked to the door, "Good luck." He stated before leaving the class, only for chaos to ensue.

As soon as he left, Mina and Denki were the first to speak, "I've barely even taken any notes this semester!"

Mina, who ranked 20th/21 was smiling and laughing while Denki, who ranked 21th/21 was in full panic mode, someone better stop him before he electrocutes everyone in this damn place.

He grasped his head in his hands, "With the sports festival and the internships, I didn't have time to read the textbook!"

Everyone in the class was either freaking out, stressing, or were unfazed, or were just good at hiding it. I didn't care much since I ranked 3rd/21 on the midterms. When I joined the school, I did the test after school in Nezu's office. He was constantly supplying tea which I liked.

I was off in my own little world though, "Hold up, if Sato were to have a kid, then would that make him a sugar daddy?"

As I was mumbling off to myself a certain blonde came up to my desk, "Hey Alex?"

I lifted my head and made eye contact with Bakugou who had his hands tucked into his pockets, "What do you want?" I asked tiredly.

"Follow me," he stated harshly as he left the classroom.

Sighing, I complied. I swear he's either gonna kill me or….no scratch that, he's definitely gonna kill me or at least try to.