（𝐗𝐗𝐕.）𝐀 𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘

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"DO YOU KNOW WHY WE CALLED YOU HERE?" Aizawa asked, gazing at the girl who stood right in front of him and his fellow colleague.

It was a day after the quirkless incident and F/n had been reassured by her classmates.

"We don't care about your quirk. We like you for who you are." was what they told her. To her, they sounded too nice and too understanding to be true.

But then again, she couldn't care less. It was either having three friends with others of her friends being nowhere near her reach or having exactly twenty friends to be nice to her.

At least they were treating her nicely.

"No," she admitted, shifting her gaze back and forth from Aizawa to All Might and back to Aizawa again.

"We called you here, Young F/n, to inform you," All Might said, "I found out something about All For One that you would probably like to know."

Her attention switched to All Might as he talked. The mention of All For One sent chills down her spine but it would be a lie if she said that she wasn't intrigued. The pro hero took her silence as a sign to continue and he sighed.

"I read a book," he stated, "The book that holds the history of All For One and his quirk."

"As you might already know, All For One has the ability to take other people's quirk. But he also has the ability to give it back." The girl perked up at that.

"However, that only would happen if he is willing to do so."

Instant deflate.

"The book also included a way to actually receive the person's quirk back without the user willingly doing so."

"You see, Young F/n," All Might leaned forward to the table, "His quirks, stolen or not, have a side effect of being able to be given without him willingly doing so, but that would mean he had to leave the world."

"But that's not it," he continued, "It has a maximum time period of one month. Until one month, no one would be able to retrieve back their quirks despite All For One dying. The quirks would only be given immediately to the person that he is willing to give."

"So," he said, straightening up once again, "It would be possible for you to retrieve your quirk. But that, however, would lead you to have the profile of a villain for killing."

"And even if you are willing to do so, All For One, I believe, have already stolen a quirk of immortality," he finished, leaving the girl with her own thoughts.

'A quirk of immortality? Killing? Retrieving?' she thought, internally freaking out, 'What is all this nonsense?!'

"Listen," Aizawa spoke up as he watched the girl's expression shift drastically, "This is just information that All Might is willing to give you. That does not mean that you are going to - or even allowed to - defeat that villain. I will not allow it."

"But..." she muttered, "What about my quirk? Will I be quirkless for the rest of my life?"

Both the teachers' breaths hitched, eyes straining at the girl whose head is bowed downwards. To say that Aizawa hated seeing his student that way could be understood but could never be heard in any human being's ears.

"How will I be a hero?" she wondered out loud, surprising both the teachers. The tears that started to form in her eyes were visible to them, resulting in their hearts clenching slightly.

"F/-"

"I have to go," she stood up, bowing before her teachers, "Thank you for letting me know, All Might. Thank you for allowing me to stay, Aizawa-sensei."

She scurried towards the door, sliding it open and stepping out of the room, not forgetting to shut the door afterwards.

The teachers were stunned at her sudden change in attitude. They knew she was sensitive about the topic of having quirks and they knew that she would do anything to get it back.

Anything to get it back...

𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁

"Hey, F/n!" Jiro greeted, smiling at the girl.

"Hello, Jiro," she gave her a smile of her own.

"Do you want to join us for dinner?" she asked, "Sato even prepared dessert for us. Mina even suggested we play a couple of card and board games."

"Okay!" she agreed. They continued the conversation smoothly and happily as they reached the tables.

They sat across from each other on an empty table. Todoroki approached them, sitting beside the blonde girl while Asui sat across from him and beside Jiro.

They have all had quite similar dishes. F/n and Jiro had their usual ramen meal while Asui ate her udon and Todoroki enjoyed his iconic cold soba. A plate of sushi and sashimi sat in the middle of the table for anyone to take.

"So..." Jiro started, "What did Aizawa-sensei want to talk about?"

F/n tensed up at recalling her and her teachers' conversation earlier. Her shoulders slumped as she realized that it was her friends that she was talking to. Her friends would be able to understand and were able to read her.

"All Might told me that I can get my quirk back," she said, fully earning the attention of the three people, "But he said that All For One needs to be killed and he might be an immortal. On top of that, there would only be a month until it would permanently be his quirk."

"What..." the purple-headed girl breathed out.

"What are you going to do, then?" Asui asked, eyebrows furrowing slightly.

"I..." she sighed, looking down on her food, "I don't know." 'Can I still be a hero without a quirk?'

As if being able to read her mind, Todoroki spoke up. "A hero is someone that can save other people, with or without a quirk," he blandly stated.

The girl looked up at him before smiling softly. "Thanks, Todoroki," she said.

"Remember that we would always be here for you, F/n," Jiro reassured.

"We'll help you with whatever you need help with," Asui said, letting out a small, short croak.

"Thank you," she said as her smile grew, "You guys are the best."

A comfortable silence was shared between the friends. This was a regular experience for they all enjoyed the silence, unlike some other people who prefer loud noises.

But it was soon interrupted by one of the people who preferred loud noises.

"Hey, F/n!" Mina's high-pitched voice shouted from across the room, "Want to join us to play Uno and some other board games?"

The said girl nodded and smiled. "Sure."

[ e d i t e d ]

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