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When I woke up, I was suddenly roused by the loud knocking on my door. Forgetting where I was for a moment, my eyes flew open, preparing for the worst but quickly realized where I was when I heard the voice on the other side of the door.
“Hey it’s breakfast time! I’ll save you a chair, see ya downstairs!” Mina called from the other side of the door and I was left to my own devices.
Rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, I fumbled for the curtain next to my bed so I wasn’t consumed in darkness. After that I found my way to the bathroom and brushed my hair. Trying to bring some sense to my now wild curls. Realizing brushing it was a mistake, my hair was now more a frizzy floof on my head. I laughed at my hair, thinking I looked like a frizzy Pomeranian. I need Izuku to help me.
I think, definitely needing some tips on how to manage curly hair. His hair may be a little bed headish but I now realize that curly hair is a lot harder to manage. I remember how Horikoshi took note on how he said Izuku’s hair was “curly to the root”. That boy needs some leave-in conditioner. I did have wavy hair but the weight pulled it down to being somewhat straight. Now mine is just a curly mess.
I go and change into some new clothes, which is exciting because new clothes are rare for me. I pulled on a sports bra and my new all might shirt, with a pair of shorts that match and socks that I intentionally did not match. Let me live off the small things in life.
I snatched my phone from my bed and headed downstairs, excited over pretty much everything that was about to happen.
The moment I came downstairs I knew I was a little early because almost everyone who wasn’t apart of the kids cooking haven’t all made their way downstairs. But to be fair I didn’t know the food cooking schedule and groups, so that’ll be something I’ll need to learn today. I looked around and found Mina eating with Izuku. As I glance over at the two a hand lands on my shoulder. I jump and turn around to see it’s only Iida.
“Good morning Max, it's good to see you arrive on time for breakfast” Iida smiles and karate chop waves at me with one hand and holding a plate for himself in the other.
“Izuku, Mina and I are this weekend’s Sunday breakfast chefs and we prepared a nutritious meal for our class today!!” I continued and I noticed he was wearing an apron. Omg it’s mom Iida. I thank him and go grab a plate of food. Surprisingly it was a classic American breakfast with eggs, bacon and toast with some fruit as well. Simple but also amazing to my starving stomach. After I filled my plate, I go out and find Mina and the other two sitting at a table together and the other kids making their way down and or already finished with their food. Mina spots me and waves me over and I sheepishly smile at her, amused at how she is so excited to see me. Ignoring the fluttering feeling in my chest, I sit next to her and glance across to see Deku and Iida in what seems to be a in depth conversation.
Mina nudges my shoulder with hers and I glance up at her. “So how was your first night sleeping here?”
Being seated next to her, I’m close enough to see that she has freckles, they’re a darker shade of pink, similar to her skin tone and they dust her upper cheeks and on her nose. Suddenly, my food seems really interesting and I pick up a piece of bacon.
“G-good. I did-dn’t wake up s-so that’s g-good” I state and fill my mouth with the crunchy bacon. Crunchy bacon is the best.
“That’s great!!” She cheers and plucks a strawberry slice off her own plate. Omg that strawberry pink aesthetic.
Mina starts to talk to Kaminari who just came downstairs and sat next to us and I quietly finish my breakfast, trying to ignore my warm face. I scroll on my phone and I search the web that somehow still works after getting the wifi password from Mina the night before. Everything on it still works but if I try to search anything related to bnha as an anime, it doesn’t come up. It’s like my phone just switched channels to this world or something.
Izuku, Mina and Iida went to do the dishes and I was left with Kaminari who was surprisingly doing his math at 8:30 in the morning.
“Man I can’t get the math we’re learning right now. I asked Bakugo to help but he doesn’t want to help a friend out.” He groans and lays his forehead on his textbook.
“L-let me give it a shot.” I move to the chair next to him and lean in a little to see what math he’s working on. Sadly, they’re working on geometry, similar to what I was working on the other day. Huh. Guess I won’t have to do much catching up.
I tried to the best of my abilities to explain it to him, not ever having to really explain anything before and something seemed to click as he quickly solved the problem after realizing his mistake.
For the rest of the day, I hung out with Mina. Not that I didn’t want it any other way but she kinda just grabbed my arm and dragged me around the dorms with her when she wanted to hang out with different people. I did get my uniform sorted out, which was a lot easier than I thought it would’ve been and by the end of the day I was exhausted. I haven’t had this much social interaction in, well ever . When I trudged upstairs at 9:30, I set my alarm for the next day, flipped out onto my bed and passed out in the clothes I was wearing all day.
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEE-
I grab my phone and after temporarily blinding myself with the light, I manage to get the god forsaken alarm off. I groan and roll out of bed, standing in one place for a few seconds to let the light headedness of getting up after being vertical for too long pass. I go to the bathroom, turning the lights on and I mentally wince at the brightness for a few moments before looking at myself in the mirror. Oof I probably should’ve showered yesterday. Oh well
I decide to take a sink shower to my head in hopes that I’ll look at least somewhat presentable to meet my new teachers. 5:30. Why do I have to get up at this godforsaken hour?
After towel drying my hair, I look like a damp dog. I brush my semi wet hair, knowing it wouldn’t frizz up on me this time and I brush my teeth. I know, boring.
I then change into my uniform, which being required to wear is new for me, and I begin to wake up a little more, getting nervous over new teachers and classes. It’s not like I don’t know the teachers but it’s still nerve wracking because I’m the new kid in the middle of the year. I’m definitely going to be judged up and started at. People are gonna wonder about how a quirkless girl got into the hero course. There’s definitely some students out there who are better and more deserving of this spot. Like Shinsou. Oh god what if I ruined his chances at getting in!? NOPE!! Not gonna go down that path today!! On with our day Max come on!!
Knowing that I woke up extra early, I’m surprised to see that other students are up as well. Well I’m not surprised about Iida but Todoroki, Tokoyami and Midoriya I am a little bit. We quietly give each other our good mornings as other kids come downstairs and I grab some food that I know is communal and make a small breakfast. Since it’s a community kitchen, I learned that each student has a designated area to store their food in the kitchen. I’ll need to get some food for myself.
I munch on some cereal and drink a glass of water and head back upstairs to grab my backpack for the day. As I come out of my room with said item, Mina emerges from her room.
“Good morning!! I’m so excited to show you around school today!!” Mina greeted and we began our descent back downstairs. Mina got her food and I finished getting my backpack organized and ready for today and we were ready to go.
Aizawa didn’t have to give an introduction since I was introduced the other day at the dorms and instructed the class to be quiet and he proceeded to pull his sleeping bag out and take his morning nap under his desk. One oh my god he actually does it. And two that is hilarious.
Lunch I sat with the Bakusquad and Bakugo and I respectfully kept our distance as we ate lunch. Lunch Rush’s food was as amazing as the anime described and I was happy to try new things since Japan’s lunches are a lot different than America’s.
For PE, I was put into one of the gen ed classes for some days of the week to get me in shape with non quirk related exercise. They actually trained so hard for not being in the hero training course.
By the end of the day, I was led by Kouda and Bakugo to the JSL/speech therapy class and there I saw some familiar people’s faces. First off the teacher was Present Mic which was pretty cool because that was definitely a headcanon I loved seeing. I also spotted the purple haired insomniac, Shinsou Hitoshi. Omg one of my favs. He’s so intimidating looking.
There seemed to be no assigned seats so I sat next to Kouda and when the bell rang we began our lesson. I was unluckily introduced by the loudest teacher on campus, still love him though, and then we were partnered up with random students and I was partnered with Shinsou. He isn’t a man of many words and our assignment was to help each other improve on our signing for today. When I told him I didn’t know any he seemed mildly annoyed but happy to help me learn the basics. Probably because it's easier on him to help me? He’s not being tested on his skills so he’s probably happy to not have to do hard work.
Throughout it we verbally exchanged a few witty remarks back and forth and he seemed like he didn’t hate me which was a win. By the end of the class I learned most of the alphabet and a few simple words. I’m so behind. I’m gonna have to study a lot for this class to catch up.
On our walk back to the dorms Kouda and I started up a small conversation.
“How do you like school so far?” He quietly asked and shyly glanced over to me. Eeee so adorable!!
“I-it was g-good! PE was exhaust-ting though” I responded, drooping over a little, exaggerating my fatigue for the sake of humor. He laughed at that and nodded.
“Yeah I heard the teacher you got put with is tough.” He agreed, adding a hint for my future in the class. I groaned and looked up at the sky with a sad grin, happy over the fact that I’m at such a great school but sad over the pain I’ll feel for the next few weeks of getting used to all the exertion of exercising. Back at my old school, since I got bullied, PE was an easy way to get roughed up by bullies. So I hid during the class, needing to save my energy to run the 5 miles home to avoid them only to do the same thing when I got home.
“Oi! If you can’t handle it then quit. Don’t need quirkless students like you bringing me down.” Bakugo complained ahead of us. It didn’t have that anger feeling to it which was weird. Was that supposed to be a pep talk?
“W-well I’ll try m-my hardest.” I stated and adjusted my hold on my backpack, feeling a little anxious over talking to the angry pomeranian.
“Damn right!!” He shouted then mumbled a few things under his breath. I let out a sigh of relief over the fact that he wasn’t going to physically be mean again and glanced over to some flowers by a bush on the ground. The bunny was munching on some of the leaves and then took a big chomp on the flower in its hand. I quietly gasped and tapped Kouda’s arm, pointing at the fluffy animal.
“So cute!!” I quietly squealed and Kota informed me that that particular bunny’s name was Thumper, given by the boy himself, as he noticed that the bunny loved eating the flowers from the school’s gardens. He also told me that he had a rabbit of his own back at the dorms.
“R-really!? Can I m-meet them?” him with an excited look and he kindly said yes and I asked a few questions about his bunny. Her name was Bella and she was a cute little black and white bunny. Her favorite food is apples and apparently she has an attitude sometimes and stomps her feet to get your attention. When we get back to the dorms, we go get a quick snack for ourselves and then head upstairs. When we get to the door and he unlocks his door, you can hear on the other side the movement of something approaching the door. When we enter the bunny is sitting in the middle of the room staring at us. Kouta lets me in and he goes over to hissmall fridge under his desk.
“I know I know I left you all day I’m sorry.” He opens the fridge and the bunny stomps one of her feet.
“I know!! Let me get you a special snack ok?” He tells her and pulls out a bag of apples he’s already cut. As he opens the bag the bunny stomps again and gets as close as she can to the bag of apples, trying to pull it from Kouda’s hands.
“Hey!! Be patient!! I brought a friend over to say hi to you!” He gently pushes her away so he can move from his spot on the floor without tripping on her. The bunny glances over and me and after a few seconds, stomps her foot again, seeming to say, “yeah I know. Give me my food now”
I laugh at her attitude and sit on the floor near the door. I definitely see that she has an attitude.
“So demanding. Ok fine you can have your snack now.” He sighs and hands her a small piece of apple. She quickly snatched it up and started to eat it, ignoring the person who gave her the treat.
“Is she al-always like this?” I ask and he chuckles and rubs the back of his head.
“Yeah. But she’s sweet too. She just doesn’t like to be alone for too long.” He sighs and scratches the top of her head. She looks so soft. He looks up and me and gestures to me to come closer.
“Come here. She likes being pet right here” he points to her neck folds and I cautiously bring my hand to her neck and scratch. She pauses in eating and there’s a quiet purring noise. I gasp sharply and retract my hand, looking up to him in a silent question if I did something wrong.
“That means she likes it!! It’s similar to a cat when they purr it’s for the same thing” he laughs and the bunny stomps demanding more scratches.
“I-I’ve never met a bunny before.” I admit and reach over to pet her some more. We spend about an hour chatting and petting his rabbit. He explains that the dorms let him have his pet because it helps calm his anxiety and his quirk involves animals. I nod in understanding, and look down at the bunny that was comfortably sitting in his lap. Sitting here petting his bunny is relaxing after a stressful day. I check the time and it’s around 5:30.
“Oh my, s-sorry for keeping you for so long you must’ve had other p-plans.” I apologize and she shakes his head.
“No it’s ok!! It’s nice to just talk to someone you know?” He says and I agree with him. I give Bella one final scratch and move off the floor to get up.
“W-Well, I need to get c-cracking on catching up!! So please excuse me. Th-Thank you for introducing me to Bella. She’s very s-sweet.” I thank and move to the door and he gets up to say goodbye.
“No problem! If you need someplace quiet to come, my door is open.” He states and I thank him again and say goodbye.
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Feeling a little hungry, I realize I need to buy some food. But Aizawa informed me that I have to tell him at least the morning of if I wanted to go out that night so I’ll have to do that another time.
I go to my room and toss my bag at my desk with a thud and sit on my bed for a minute. Somehow, my phone let me download the apps in this world so Mina helped me set those up yesterday. There’s this app called Tiktok that she made me download and her and Kaminari loves to make videos on it. Sero joins in too and surprisingly Midoriya has one and makes joke skits on our classes shenanigans. His profile is private and he claims they’re all fake but some of the skits I do question. I open the app and scroll through my following feed and watch some of the old videos my friends made. Maybe I could lay down for a few minutes.
I flop on the bed and my back thanks me because I can feel it stretching back out from the long day. Watching some of Kami’s skits, which actually were funny because it’s either messing with Sero or Bakugo. Sero plays along but Bakugo doesn’t take Kaminari’s shit. Which makes the videos abruptly end. Feeling a little drowsy and cold, I grab a blanket to snuggle with. Just for a little bit.
I then switch to Mina’s and watch her videos. She has a few skits with everyone and some dancing videos which she’s really good at. She’s really pretty, I think as I unintentionally fall asleep.