So here is chapter 16. It was 7057 words without Author's notes.
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Harry made a distressed noise when he heard a loud rhythmic banging at the door. Unsure if he should cower or threaten whatever it was.
"So not a good time!" Hizashi huffed, Towel around his hips and hair clips and partially placed rollers every which way on his head. "It's okay baby doll. Stand back, no biting."
"Mr... uh Present Mic s-sir?" There was a quick clearing of the throat. "Mr. Present Mic I and a few of the other students have taken it upon themselves to take notes for Harrison and decided that it would probably be best if we did a study group here, so we could assist her in catching up! I as class president agreed, may we come in?" Iida asked even as he and the other's barged past the nearly naked, sputtering man. Book bags and sleeping bags in hand.
"What?! This-this is sweet and all but it isn' really a good time. Harry's kind of... um... mauly right now... ya' dig?" The man said after giving himself a few moments to reboot. "How did you even find our place?" He asked weakly, even as he eyed the bags of snacks and sleeping bags suspiciously.
"I thought it would be a nice surprise you know?" Kirishima said grinning ear to ear. Even as he avoided looking at his teacher's naked chest and exposed thighs. What was up with the super short folded towel?
Hizashi fumbled nearly falling over his own feet once it hit him that he was far more exposed than he ever wanted to be to his students. He was hoping he would catch one of his lovely men off guard with his display… not a bunch of pent up teens. Eew! "Harry's dangerous right now. You were all told this. Damn it! I'm ganna' go get dressed really quick. If he tries mauling ya' or something it's on you, not me… Like I am totally not involved. Shouta will totally agree to!"
"So... this is Harry's house?"
"Present M-Mic's house... it's really nice... but I didn't expect it to be... um.. So normal and family oriented!" Midoriya stuttered beginning to mutter under his breath as he eyed the dozens of framed family photos sitting and hanging from practically every surface.
"Am I the only one that keeps wondering why everyone keeps calling Harry a he... just putting that out there."
"Where is Harry?"
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"Harrison come on baby doll it's ok~ay! Please get out of tha' bath tub so ya' don' accidently get wet and make dads and mom have ta' use the other bathroom while this one gets repaired sweetie! Second dad reallllly likes his jacuzzi!" Hizashi pled, finally giving in after several minutes of trying to get Harry out under the pretense that he felt uncomfortable with him in the room while he changed. Frankly he didn't give a crap about anything like that. He just rather Harry not end up back in the hospital because he had another panic attack, his poor baby! He really wasn't making it easy on him though.
"Don' wanna." Harry mumbled.
Hizashi sighed in relief as Harry climbed out of the oversized tub, leaning into his side when he went to leave the room.
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"Harrison! There you are! We have all been so worried about you!" Iida exclaimed chopping the air.
Harry immediately tensed.
"Hey, hey, buddy! It's okay. We're all your friends!" Kirishima said, tone gentle and friendly. Non-threatening.
Glassy wild eyes slowly became less so as Harry sniffed. Recognizing their scents. Good scents... Most of them at least. They were pack. "Shima?" Harry rasped. He rubbed at his throat. "Where's Fumi' and-and Shin-sou?"
"Oh, they said they would be a little late. Something about Shinsou needing to get last minute adjustments on his costume. They said they would try to get a ride from Aizawa since he's still there meeting with the principal and he said they could stay over or something?" The red head said with a shrug.
"It has been like... two hours though." Izuku pointed out.
"First off... would someone care to tell me why the very things I come home to avoid are all standing in my Livingroom? Secondly... if you all are going to torment me with your presence than you better bring in the groceries because I'm not going to do it if I have others I can use to do so." Aizawa face dead panned even as his tone was pained.
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Harry laid sprawling all over his loves, doing his best to rub his scent back into them. Dark shadow possessively nuzzled back warking and chirping in neediness. After some time, Iida eventually gave up on the idea of a study visit and the group of teens ended up turning the visit more into a game night. Even managing to convince Hizashi into getting out some board games and extra snacks. After watching for a while Shouta began letting up on his annoyed death glares. Reluctantly happy that being around the other teens seemed to be good for his overly possessive acting son. Shouta eventually inched to the floor, apple sauce pouch hanging from his lips and one hand snaked out, so he could play monopoly with the teens. Stealing his favorite cat game piece from his Catopoly game.
"Wait does that cat have a scarf on, goggles to?" Izuku questioned.
"It's super cute!" Uraraka cooed.
Great... he could see where this was heading.
"Wait that-that's based off of you isn't it sir?!" Izuku shrieked, absolutely fanboying over it once it clicked.
Shouta stared down the problem child until he gave a stuttered apology. He was just glad the others were intelligent enough not to shriek at him as well.
"Mr. Aizawa gets a cat? Why can't I change my piece to then? Like why am I a shoe? That's totally not fair!" Kaminari insisted.
"At least you don't have to be a thimble!" Shinsou grumbled.
"No trading or stealing anymore pieces from the other games! Some of these games are limited edition, I don't want any pieces lost!" Hizashi lectured, bright green eyes more than a little crazy. "Now let's get back to the game and have some fun!"
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"What's going on here?! It's past 11! Shouldn't all these kids be at home? What are you all even doing?" Toshinori squawked, coughed violently.
"From what I have gathered the objective is to destroy Aizawa sensei." Todoroki said tone dead serious, even as he rubbed at his eyes like a small child and leaned more and more against Izuku's side.
"Oh, they all decided to hold us hostage and forced us ta' keep them for the night. It's cool though because the oven isn' workin' right and we discovered a new way of using Todoroki's quirk." Hizashi said, tone envious.
"Are you hungry sir?" Todoroki deadpanned holding out a plate stacked with chicken nuggets. A strange sizzling sound came from his lap at the same time.
"Wait... did... did he cook them using his quirk?" Toshinori asked, a look of mild horror on his face.
"YEAH! Isn't that cool?" Hizashi squawked excitedly.
Aizawa gave the other man a mildly disgusted look, then the nugget in his hand before eating it anyways.
"What is up with all the looks, man? We used a pan, we aren't barbarians!" The blond huffed, absolute offence clear on his face and in his tone of voice as Toshinori continued to look at them in clear judgment.
"Those look like they need to be flipped now. Hizashi and I like our chicken crispy but not burnt." Aizawa pointed out unhelpfully.
Midorya immediately grabbing a spatula and helping the other boy flip the pan full of browned breadless nuggets sitting in his lap the students all acting like what was going on was perfectly normal.
Too weird too weird! Toshinori's brain warned, trying its very best not to overload as he twitched convulsively. What were those two teaching those children? And he thought Shouta was the sort of normal responsible parent! What was going on here? Did someone hit him with some strange hallucination quirk or something and he just hadn't noticed?
Shouta rolled his eyes and sighed. "Fine. You're right. It is getting pretty late for kids on a school night. I mean Harrison and Hitoshi have already gotten ready for bed... Hizashi has been yawning for the last hour or so and Todoroki looks like he's going to fall over." The man said, running a hand through messy locks and pointedly eying the green and yellow sleeping bags with tufts of purple and black hair sticking out of the face holes of both.
"But-but, the game!" Kirishima pouted.
"Sit it on the table. All of you get ready for bed." Shouta said, eying the nuggets. "Either finish those up or put them away. Toshinori could you please help me get out the air mattresses and extra sleeping bags? Hizashi get Harry to bed. I know he kept you up pretty late the last few nights. I'll deal with the problem children." Aizawa said in a deep panned tone of voice. Quirking his lips ever so slightly at their indignant protests. "Their mine after all." He grumbled, tone almost forlorned.
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Startled yells and profuse shrieking apologies could be heard throughout the house far earlier than anyone wanted to even cracking their eyes open to.
"Oh my god, oh my god!" Kaminari sputtered tone positively traumatized as he stumbled backward out of the bathroom, nearly getting trampled from his classmates that stumbled half out of it to the hallway.
"What-what is going on here? Are you alright?!" Iida asked, holding Kaminari by his shoulders.
"Harry… she-he Harry has a-a dick!"
"W-What?!" Iida squawked. "I-I'm sure that's a mistake-" Kaminari grabbed the other teen by the arm, yanked open the door and forced him to look into the bathroom getting another shriek.
"Harrison does have a penis!" Iida squeaked after closing the door, wide eyed.
"What's going on? Is everyone okay?! What did you all do?" Shouta growled out rapid fire. His capture weapon in hand as he narrowed red quirk activated eyes at the group, his maximum parental scrutiny activated and burning into their very flesh.
"Gah! Please don't be ma-mad sir! We just... We hear screaming just like you sir." Midorya squeaked fiddling with his hands.
"Harry has she-she has a-a-dick! I just saw lady dick?! Girls don't have dongs!" Kaminari shrieked at the man.
Iida turned to look at his teacher equally as shaken looking, "He.. Isn't exaggerating. I to... saw... a penis..." He said, breath shuddering. "I fear we may have... someone who has infiltrated your home without knowing it." He said, narrowing his eyes ever so slightly as he began to allow that idea to take root. He jerked as Aizawa didn't just guff but let out a bellowing laugh.
"It's not funny!" Was sputtered from the other side of the bathroom door. Which was completely ignored by Shouta. He would just leave him be for a while he was sure at that moment short of breaking down the door he wouldn't be able to lure his mortified child out of the bathroom, even still mildly effected by Finder's quirk.
"I'm going back to bed." Shouta said after seeing that it wasn't even 5am yet.
"But sir!" Iida uttered in a pleading tone of voice.
"So what's wrong?" Kirishima mumbled rubbing at his eyes. "Is everything okay?" He questioned.
"Go back to sleep!" Todoroki grumbled, burrowing farther into the nest of blankets he had made for himself.
"NO! Mr. Aizawa completely disregarded what Kaminari and I have seen!"
"Harry has a dick man!" Kaminari blurted.
"Oh. Why are you guys freaking out over that?" Kirishima snorted.
"I know right cra- wait why do you sound like you already knew?" Kaminari hissed pointing his finger accusingly at his friend.
"Uh... because I already knew. Wait didn't you guys know to?" Kirishima he went wide eyed as a chorus of no and obviously nots range through the room. "Oh... oh! Well... um I found out maybe 2 or 3 weeks into school? Accidently walked in while Har' was changing. I thought Harry was just trans or genderfluid or just liked girls' clothes or something... I mean Harry's parents always calls... him...her... uh I guess them? Them a he? And really, I didn't realize it was some big deal or anything. I mean why are all of you so worked up about this?" Kirishima said, completely baffled. It wasn't like it was some strange thing it wasn't super common but the population hardly ever even batted an eyelash at such a thing either. In a world where people could change gender at the drop of a hat it wasn't a big deal to see the same person being a Mary one day and a Jerry the next.
"How can you not see how startling this is? What about Hitoshi and Tokoyami? Have they also been deceived?" Iida barked, making a chopping gesture with his hand.
"Just for the record. Harrison is a he. He was just too embarrassed to argue with others about what he was, and Harrison was not attempting to be deceptive... Though I guess he and she could to some extent be appropriate in referring to him. Hitoshi and I already know all about this." Fumikage explained, leaning on the door frame looking and sounding less than pleased.
"What do you mean Tokoyami? A-about the he and um she thing?" Midorya asked in a small nervous voice.
"Yeah!"
"Harrison's... appearance matches his internal plumbing... If you must know. Now you better leave him alone about all of this. It's embarrassing enough for him as it is." Tokoyami answered in cryptic begrudgment before stepping away from the doorway and wandered back down the hallway. Hushed voices left in his wake.
"Um... what does that even mean?" Kaminari pouted.
"Your kids are terrible Shouta! Shinsou's new favorite class child." Hizashi insisted dramatically as he crept into the room.
"What?" The students squeaked.
"Yeah, I said it Shinsou's best boy now!"
"Wha? What are you even-... ab'out? Go bed." Shinsou grumbled from his spot curled up on top of the spare sleeping bags. In his own.
"See? Best boy!" Hizashi insisted.
"How didn't all of that noise wake him up, but Present Mic did?" Kirishima asked.
The group pointedly tried to pretend Aizawa wasn't giving them a 'you're all so dead and getting the ass whooping of your lives.' look as he too, stepped back into the room.
"And Toko! Why did he have to just stir the pot even more? I thought he was best Birb! I thought he was a part of this family! Betrayal!" Hizashi grossed. Severe disappointment on his face as he pointed dramatically at Fumikage down the other hallway, standing at the bathroom door, looking utterly confused.
"Can I please just go back to bed? I'm really tired and frankly don't care about the trauma they are all now under. It's their faults for being creeps and frankly.. I'm not a therapist and I wouldn't want to be for this bunch because I would need a therapist for being their therapist. At this point unless Harry needs me or one of them ends up needing to go to the hospital for life threatening injuries I am going to go to bed." The brunet said, practically lazerbeaming Izuku with his eyes when he mentioned the hospital bit. Getting an indignant guff.
"When did life get so of control?" Hizashi bemoaned.
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Eventually everyone managed to lay down. They may not have slept all that well for various reasons, but they managed to rest a little more until dawn broke and various phone alarms went off.
"Rise and shine my listeners! Time ta get up if you all want ta eat!" Hizashi blared, tone painfully cheerful.
"But is sooo early!" Ururaka moaned.
"How are you all still tired? I slept longer than I had in probably a month." Shinsou said, rolling his eyes. "Do you need any help Yamada sir?" The teen asked, already dressed and ready for the day looking more alert than any of them thought possible. Fumikage was quick to follow being a natural early riser.
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"I know Harry did cuz' I made him… so… Alright, Toshinori, you took your pills this morning?" An affirmative. Hizashi continued with his questioning. "Everyone remembered to grab everything?" More confirmation. "I have Harrison's snacks. Shinsou, remember you have a doctor's appointment today..." Shouta said with a meaningful look.
"Yeah yeah sir. I remember. It's at 2 right?" Shinsou confirmed, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Yes. Hizashi, keys?"
"Of course, Shouta baby!" Hizashi cheerfully answered, dangling the ring around.
"Is it me or is it super weird to watch them all be so domestic? Especially Mr. Aizawa?" Uraraka said. Getting noises of agreement from her fellow students and a glare from the very man she had been talking about before he sat his plate in the dishwasher along with all of the others.
"Good. Alright, don't be late. Come on Harrison, Toshinori." Shouta insisted guiding Harry way from fawning over his boyfriends. After getting a sulky Harry into the car he hopped in the front.
"Wait? You're not coming with us?" Uraraka eeped.
"Of course, not you all got to our home on our own. You can all get back to school on your own as well."
"But I'm so tired!" Uraraka simpered, her shoulders hunched, and her eyelids were puffy and dark from so little sleep. She was a solid 8 hours a night sort of girl, she may have had fun but she wasn't sure how she would even be able to keep herself from falling asleep while walking to the school let alone actually get through a school day.
"Maybe you should have thought about that before deciding on doing such a foolish thing again. Hizashi, Toshinori, let's get going before Harrison starts trying to tear up the back seat or something."
"'kay baby!" Hizashi said, tone still painfully cheerful. "Good thing I remembered your coffee!" He chuckled.
"And this is the reason that I keep you." Was the brunet's answer, dead serious in its tone. Though the look in his eyes was terrifying, intense, nearly blinding, and most definitely on a level way beyond what would probably be considered anywhere near healthy. Most would have probably run screaming in terror at such a look being aimed at them.
Hizashi's reaction was instead possibly somehow even more terrifying. The man's cheek turned tomato red as his light teasing smile turned into what could have been nothing short of nightmare fuel for even the most horrifying of eldritch beings. A twisted parody of a delighted high school girl's grin after being acknowledged by their crush so wide one worried if the man's lips would tear apart his face.
"Si-sir are you alright?" Izuku stuttered, a look of fear on his face as he eyed the two demented lovebirds.
"Yes... are you sure you're going to be okay sir?" Iida asked looking on at the scene in genuine concern. That level of whatever that was obviously couldn't be healthy!
"Yeah... it's just..-"
"Nightmare inducing, right?" Denki shuddered.
"They're so cute!" Toshinori fawned.
"What! No! Sir their terrifying! You can't seriously think whatever that was is okay!" Izuku squeaked, flailing his arms around.
"Toshi muffin get over here and share the love! I remembered to make you a bento, look how cute I made it!" Hizashi insisted, eagerly pulling open the blue and yellow box. "See? It's a cat! Isn't that adorable?"
"Awww, look at that! Mr. Mic being so sweet to his husbands! So manly!" Kirishima cooed, wiping tears from his eyes.
Toshinori gripped the side of his head, cheeks bright pink, "It's so-s-so adorable!" He meeped, completely overloaded. He was nearly in tears when Hizashi lead him to the car.
"That was so cute! But... disturbing... I don't... think I know how to feel about this...? I think I'm going to have nightmares." Uraraka admitted, looking utterly conflicted.
"This is so not right." Denki said, wide eyed.
"I disagree! To be that happy and in love." Shinsou said, tone dark as he looked on in jealous envy. "It must be… the greatest feeling in the world for the ones you love so much to love you so equally, so completely, in return that you're everything to them as much so as they are your world." The teen said, with such foreboding intensity that it sent a shiver up the spines of his fellow students.
"Wow... like-"
"Yes, to be so beautifully entwined with their most consuming passions. Coveted within their shared oblivion, the darkness that welcomes such otherwise lonely devoted souls with tenderness. Harrison's thorns have prickled us, drawing the starts of that same sickly darkened nectar have they not? His beautiful warmth the catalyst to our humble becomings? To have such a passionate love and devotion to another, I cannot see anything more lovely or all-consuming in this world. I to, wish for such an all-consuming desire, the inability to survive if the ones I cherish most were to wilt and parish. I wish and hope to eventually be seen with the same intensity of love as I myself am beginning to feel so strongly." Fumikage said, words absolutely confusing but understandable enough that his fellow class mates eyed both Shinsou and the bird headed teens with more than a little trepidation.
The students made sure to take a few discreet steps away from the pining pair. They all then shared looks. Yeah... they were on the same page. They were going to need to talk to Mr. Aizawa or something... someone. About the pair. They definitely needed some counseling or meds... probably meds at least for Shinsou... Fumikage was kind of theatric with his speech and more came off as weird then possible at least a little unhinged. But they would start with trying to get them into talking to someone first.
"Are you all going to just stand there or start for the station?" Aizawa called to the group, impatient looking. "I'm not going to leave until you go. No way am dumb enough to leaved our house unguarded with you problem children around."
"Sorry sir! Uh. Wait... Todoroki? Where is Todoroki?" Midorya squeaked pure panic was quick to take over.
Uraraka nearly choked on the spit in her mouth when the teen's head popped out of the back window like a dog, face completely expressionless.
"I didn't want to stand there anymore. Can we just go now? I don't really know what is going on and I want an Apple juice." The teen said in a toneless sort of voice, then letting out a childlike yawn.
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"Harrison, no growling at Bakugou. Bakugou, stop getting into Harrison's space and leave his food alone. Now... go.. Do something…. productive." Aizawa grumbled, shooing his son away with a pained expression on his face. Then turned to a seething Bakugou. "How many times do I have to explain to you that he was effected by a quirk that makes him dangerous for the time being?" Aizawa groaned, running a hand down his face.
"Why the hell am I getting yelled at when Discount Pikachu and Shitty Hair are over there trying to play fetch? Harry's not a fucking dog! And look at them!" Bakugou snarled and gestured at the track. He curled his lip at Sleepy Eyes and Chicken Nugget. "They're not doing a single fucking thing to make those morons stop! How can those fuckers even pretend to call themselves Harry's boyfriends? Useless rejects! Someone has to do something! Harrison could have done so much better!" The teen insisted positively seething. The unsaid, 'Harrison could have been with me' was loud in clear, painfully so. If looks could kill the pair of panting jogging teens would have burst into flames and been charred to dust in that moment.
"Do I really have to deal with this?" Aizawa complained to himself, wishing that he could just take a nap. He let out a sigh and gave the blond an 'I'm so done with being nice about this shit' look. Deciding that it would be best to just rip off the band aid so to speak or he was sure the teen would continue on his jealous rage fits.
"Look you know what? I'm not going to deal with this. I shouldn't have to either! This weird thing you have going on... It needs to just stop. I thought being nice… and consoling you might make you understand but you obviously don't. I don't like even talking about other people's social lives even if it is my own kid's. This isn't my love life and I frankly don't want to be a part of it. Harrison has chosen, and he didn't chose you. Now grow up and don't be such a bitter brat about it because I'm not going to give you any sympathy!" The man growled scratching at his scruff irritably.
"I don't know what is up but… frankly your.. temper…. isn't going to get you anywhere with anyone. Now leave everyone alone and actually use this free training period responsibly or you're going to see me annoyed. You and I both know that you won't want to deal with me when I am pissed off now go away and stop sulking." The man grouched, shooing the teen like one would an unwanted vermin. He was quick to dive into his sleeping bag after that, trying to fall asleep before he had to intervene in another matter. Frankly as long as no one was getting maimed or anything and the clip ons showed they had been active he didn't actually give a crap about what any of them were doing. If the brats knew what was best for them they would leave him be after keeping him up all night long on a work day. He would have his revenge, soon, but not then.
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"Shouta, um... Shouta... uh my.. Um sweetheart?... please wake up... this is really important!" A booming voice meeped.
"Wha?" Aizawa slurred, cracking his eyes open only the slightest bit. He blindly reached around for a juice pouch, mouth cottony, parched. He slipped it into his mouth letting his squinting eyes finally focus above him. What day was it? How long had he been asleep? Where was he even?
What the hell? A face, Toshinori in his All Might form, hovered above him looking panicky only inches from his own. Was he being held? Huh... that was pretty comfortable, Toshi really radiated the heat in that form it was pretty toasty. Just like Shouta liked it. A little throat clear and Shouta was suddenly very aware of where he was and who else was in the room. He blinked in a dull uncaring manner and turned to burrow his face back into Toshinori's side. Oh crap no, he wasn't going to be dealing with Nezu or whatever else was happening.
"Oh no you don't, if we have to suffer you have to suffer with us! I'm totally invoking relationship rule 23, Equal blame, equal suffering... and this time we aren't even at fault! So actually, it's a rule 38 One must be willing to take responsibility for their actions, Shouta baby!" Present Mic insisted, yanking the confused brunet into the chair next to him. Completely uncaring of the fact that he was still covered head to toe in his sleeping bag looking much like a caterpillar that had been gassed and dragged from its drug induced sleep quite violently.
"What? I don't even know what anyone is talking about. Can I just go back to sleep?" Aizawa sighed. He glanced at the seat next to him and raised an eyebrow at the sight of his son sitting there looking distressed. "Why is Harrison here?" He asked, slightly more awake now.
"No, you can't go to sleep. Harry is the reason we are here. During lunch Harry got into a huge brawl with the kid from the other hero class... The one that nearly died from trying to copy his quirk."
"I HAVE A NAME!" The blond shrieked from the other side of Toshinori.
"Yeah... well we're tryin' ta' figure out how to punish them. I mean... Harry did like totally wipe the floor with him. But... Like Harry got really aggressive and bitie in general once he got into the cafeteria, according to his friends. I think that many people triggered some sort of fear response in him or somethin'? And 'Monoma' was totally provokin' him though." Present Mic continued making a quotation gesture when referring to the other teen. He interrupted the boy when he tried to protest. "Uh, I totally saw it along with three other teachers! Don' try lyin' to me!"
"I agree. But he cannot be behaving in this way... at least not while he is here around other students. I am going to have to ask that he is to either stay in the teacher's lounge for the next couple of days or in the nurse's office... Although Mr. Monoma did provoke a reaction out of Uh... Yagi? Harrison's last name is Yagi right? Anyway, but because Yagi gave you punishment enough you will simply be getting a warning about harassing others and causing fights. I don't want to have to see you in here again, you are dismissed." Nezu said, the tone of voice the creature used and glaring beady eyes had the red-faced teen quickly agreeing.
After a few minutes he dismissed Harrison as well. Instructing him to head to the teacher's office nearby. Throughout the entire ordeal Harry hardly said a single word.
"Now... I am sure that the three of you are aware that if I find out about anymore incidences like this happening that I will be forced to report it and Harrison will be made to go for mandatary therapy, right?" The principal said, tone dead serious.
All Might immediately tensed, "Of course but that isn't necessary sir! Harrison is just a- um... shy boy! He isn't violent or a threat to anyone honestly sir! My son is perfectly fine it's just that quirk effecting him!" He insisted.
"What one? The one that tore him down to his base instincts or... the deaging one or maybe his own not at all mental traumatizing one?" The white furred creature asked of voice just as meaningful as his hard-knowing starting.
Toshinori flinched harshly, almost like he had been struck.
"As... as much as you don't want to hear it... I agree that Harrison needs a professional to talk to. Though I know you have already heard that from me on more than… one occasion. I may know how to help him in quite a few ways that others would not…. but I'm not a psychologist or psychiatrist and it just doesn't work that way when you are a patient's parent..." Shouta said, his sleeping bag around his hips as he ran his hands through his hair.
"We need to give him structure, appropriate discipline, and love but... It may not be showing as badly since... well it might not be as bad anymore, but he is still quirk damaged. Just because his memories aren't the same.. doesn't mean that his quirk isn't still damaged. It doesn't work that way. Even if they are just someone that isn't us to talk to... That understands his problems... He needs that Toshinori."
Toshinori ground his teeth together, refusing to let a word slip out. Harrison wasn't... wasn't crazy! It was his quirk that was an issue! Not his son. He dug his nails into his suit slacks. Trying to ignore the little bit of him agreeing with Shouta's words. But wouldn't that be the same as agreeing that he wasn't enough for his child, for... well their child? That he wasn't a good parent?
What kind of parent couldn't save their child from themselves? To keep their head above something as simple as their own self-doubts and self-destructive thoughts? But... how could he do that for his own son when he couldn't even do it for himself half of the time? He-he didn't know what to do, what to think. How did lightening the hearts of others, saving people come so easily to Toshinori and yet... Doing the same for his own son... it was so hard? The need to cough tickled at his throat as his mind was consumed with his thoughts.
"Toshi, hey, calm down! It's okay! I agree with Shouta, this is a good idea... I mean I had to go as a kid and I think I turned out pretty okay! Harry and I… are pretty alike if you think about it... I mean I was born with a pretty scary quirk. I didn' know how to properly control it for a long time.. And well.. I accidently hurt people more than a few times because of it! I was scared a lot when I was little." Hizashi said smile slowly fading from his face.
"You know me... I'm naturally a happy chatty guy! It's my nature, but... I would do anything I could to stay quiet once I realized I could hurt people just by talkin'. My parents are great people, my siblings to... they were really understandin'... but I couldn' tell them that I was afraid I would hurt them... and I really didn't know how to talk about it at such a young age. When I got into school I was forced to talk to a school counselor... I was made to for years, even after I got control of my quirk! I mean... it was hard, and I had a super supportive family since birth. Just... don't reject the idea on principal... please Toshi? Just... give-give it another chance." Hizashi pled.
"I have actually already had a talk with Mr. Inui about possibly taking Harrison on as a client if that would be alright with the three of you? He seemed very willing to do so and he is a qualified Psychiatrist. I thought that it would be better to have someone that we trust and know in house treating Harrison this time." Nezu spoke up, tentatively clapping his paws together.
Toshinori sat, feeling conflicted and helpless. He couldn't answer. What if something bad happened again. What if it upset Harry? What if not agreeing hurt Harry in the long run? What if they were right? "I-I"
"Would it be alright if... we talk with Harry about it, the three of us first?" Shouta cut in and asked as Hizashi rubbed Toshinori's arm. Filling the much larger man with relief.
"Of course, Shouta! I wasn't expecting you to make a decision without your son. This is just splendid is it not?" The creature said, radiating happiness. "Would any of you like some tea? I can't wait to talk to the three of you about the finals!"
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Harry wasn't happy about suddenly having counseling sprung on him. Well... he had been a bit distracted at the time that they were supposed to talk about it. Too focused on eyeing the stranger walking by the house he frankly could have agreed to anything at that time. He couldn't remember what he had agreed to... but well... it didn't surprise him that he had put his foot in his mouth again.
He felt that he should be happy to be out of his exile for the next few days to the teacher's lounge... But Harry actually liked it in there for the most part. It was usually quiet, there were places to keep him mostly out of view and he usually knew the people that were in there, so it wasn't nearly as scary as the rest of the school.
Harry eyed the blond dogman towering over him. The urge to bare his teeth at the man almost overwhelming. He didn't like those fury orange orbs staring him down. Harry couldn't help but to squirm. Suddenly he felt far too vulnerable to just sit on the couch anymore. He wanted to press himself as close to the wall as humanly possible.
Inui sighed and reached to direct the teen to get up.
Harry was pinned down before his teeth could even make contact with the dog man's wrist. He snarled and squirms and twisted this way and that trying his best to escape until the councilor had enough and snarled right back at him. Harry couldn't help but make a fearful warbleing whine a terrible pain in his chest he felt dizzy and his vision was spotted. Harry snapped when fingers came into view again yelping when his face bounce right off of the man's furred hand.
"Calm down. I'm not hurting you, see?" The blond said, acting like he fully expected Harry to behave in such a way. "You acting that way isn't going to get me to leave you alone." Harry went limp after another attempt at squirming and biting.
After a few more minutes Inui let up. "Good thing I have a clear schedule for the rest of the day." he grumbled. He frowned as Harry immediately tried scrambling away, yanking and Harry was nearly thrown to the floor. "Are you going to calm down? I'm starting to get irritated." the hero complained. As Harry began clawing at the plastic thing strapped to the lower half of his face. Giving the hero sitting next to him the whale eye.
"That's staying on until I know I can trust you not to try and bite anyone again. Same with the leash. You're going to have to sit within 6 feet of me all day long every day until you are deemed stable enough to be around other students. Then we will be meeting twice a week at school during your lunch break and when we both have time you will be meeting me at least one weekend day as well. Having a canine based quirk, I to have problems with controlling myself sometimes but for whatever reason it is that you are biting, fear or not you can't be doing that." The gruff man explained with an irritable tone of voice. "Now either I'm dragging you are you willingly walk with me it doesn't matter we are going to my office. You can be as sullen and quiet as you like but eventually you will have to talk. Now let's go." The dog like man insisted.
Harrison really wasn't happy at all.
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"Hi, Harr' sweetie time to go ho-What the hell man you have a muzzle on my kid, not cool! And a leash what kind of freaky stuff are you into? What kind of stuff are you trying to get my impressionable baby doll into? He is raised in a wholesome environment! I respect your right ta your fetishes, as I have more than a hand full of my own, but no pet play around my baby, period!" Hizashi hissed, struggling to stay quiet. He looked an odd mixture between horrified, outraged, and utterly embarrassed. "Get away from my son!"
"Wha-what?! You completely misunderstand!" The dog man squeaked, nearly spilling his cup of coffee. "I can't even believe.. I- he was trying to bite me and other people, I thought it was a good precaution is all! I'm just no! No!" The dog man meeped frantically shaking his head. "I thought that if he couldn't deal with his problems with aggression caused by fear then he would have to figure out how to deal with it in a healthier safer way! That's all!"
"And-and the-the LEASH?" Hizashi questioned, expression and tone scathing. Mental instability peaking through.
"To force him to face what is stressing him out and to prevent him from avoiding being near me. I have been watching him the last two days and he likes to hide and get as far away from anyone that he isn't extremely comfortable being around. We can't establish any kind of anything if he refuses to even sit near me let alone interact with me at all. I also wanted to make sure I had something quick to grab if he snapped at someone again." Inui explained as quickly and professionally as he possibly could. Clearly mortified.
Hizashi still eyed the other man with a scrutinizing gaze. Eye twitching. "I understand why you are doing it now... but I'll be watching you. Now we got ta go home." The man said in a clipped tone of voice. He was so watching the security feed as soon as he got home. It didn't matter how much he trusted the guy. Who in the hell even thought about muzzling and leashing their student let alone actually had a muzzle strangely perfectly fitted to that particular student's face? Hizashi glared at the man as he walked over to the edge of the opposite side of the couch where Harry was curled up sleeping. He crouched and affectionately ran his hand through black locks. "Hey baby doll, it's time to go home." He cooed, smiling as Harry's eyes fluttered open. "Now get that thing off of him." The blond insisted.
After a few minutes of arguing and reminder of what he had done Inui gave in and removed everything. Still nervous that Harry would end up biting one of them. Harry of course didn't and allowed Hizashi to coddle him.
Inui sighed and scratched the back of his neck, "He has really severe anxiety. I managed to get him to take a few miner tests today. I was wondering if it would be alright if I were to give him some more in-depth psychological tests over the next few days? Just so... you know I can get a better grasp and understanding of his thought process?"
"You... have permission from me but I'd ask Shouta and Toshinori to. I can't just decide something for all of us. I'm sure Shouta will agree but Toshi's still a bit nervous and upset. I want him to be able to feel comfortable with decisions like these." Hizashi explained.
"Okay?"
End Chapter 16
I hope everyone likes this chapter! I have the next chapter less than 500 words from being done now to! Along with being about 1/3 way done with the next chapter of Not the Place I was Hoping for in which Harry finally has given birth and about 1/5 way done with the new chapter for Like the Glow of Light-Green Emeralds.
Please review! It really helps motivate me and give me ideas. Also! PLEASE TELL ME WHAT STORY YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO UPDATE NEXT! I AM WORKING ON THREE OF THEM INCLUDING THIS ONE RIGHT NOW!
Next Chapter hint: Sliver of Control, Awkward conversations, and Doozies at the mall
