The tokoyamiverse

molting season

then she turned her head towards dark shadow 

"Would it be ok if we go in, maybe we can help with..whatever is happening" she continued 

dark shadow was silent for a few seconds before saying 

"Yeah, he's going to be mad at me, but what can he do, I am like emotionally connected to him so he can't really get rid of me" laughed dark shadow 

silence

"heh, anyway, I'll let you guys in just be prepared," he said sheepishly as he returned to his master, phasing through the door 

"let's go in then," kirishma said as he reproached the door, twisting the doorknob and opening it 

the room was exactly how they remembered, dark and gothic 

"tokoyami ?" asked Asui as she came in 

"please leave me alone," said a voice 

the voice was unmistakable, it was tokoyami, he was wearing a dark hoodie and faced the four students with a sad yet angry face 

"I told you not to let anyone in," tokoyami said angrily at his quirk 

"well it happens every year, so we may as well get it over with, and beside it isn't everybody  " argued dark shadow 

"tokoyami, tell us what's wrong, you clearly aren't acting normal" Lida said waving his arms around 

"or what normal is for you anyway" kirishma joked

silence 

"It is nothing, now please leave to your daily routines, I can assure you that everything is fine," tokoyami said tugging hard at the hood  

this at once told everything wasn't "fine"

Ochaco approached tokoyami who was taken back by the movement and tried to back away, suddenly she lunged herself at him, placing her hand on his shoulder 

in an instant, he began floating and was turning  upside down 

"What is the meaning of this" asked/demanded tokoyami, still tugging hard at his hood as to keep his head covered 

"there's something underneath that hood that you're not showing us," Ochaco said as she folded her arms 

tokoyami then merely sighed 

"you really want to see why I've been in my room all day," he asked defeatedly

"yes" Lida answered although it was a rhetorical question 

"fine, just don't be too harsh," tokoyami said as he took off his hood 

what they saw took all the students by surprise 

tokoyami's feathers were bewildering, they were in all directions and some seemed new while the seemingly old ones were either very grey, white or mainly falling out, as he took of the hood there seemed to be feathers pouring out 

"just like birds they moult once a year, they itch, leave trails of feathers and look ridiculous, and its embarrassing" sighed tokoyami as he folded his arms, a small blush appearing his face 

satisfied Ochaco finally let him down gently back onto his bed 

"This is so cute" squealed Ochaco jumping excitedly  

this also took tokoyami back, did she just say that this horrible curse was...cute?

"wait, you all aren't grossed out or another appropriate negative reaction" questioned tokoyami in disbelief  

"It isn't the worse thing we've ever seen, besides I really don't care about appearances," Asui said with a reassuring smile 

"Indeed, it is not a reason why as to isolate yourself and not eat, which as the class representative I must see that you are not starving yourself, " Lida said 

"I'm sorry to have worried you, I was just uncertain about the other's reaction as the others could be less...pleasant, so I am still unsure if it is wise if I see my classmates" tokoyami shrugged 

"We can fix that, kirishma take a picture of this" Ochaco ordered kirishma  

in a sudden movement and a quick flash of light, kirishma had taken a picture of tokoyami's state on his phone and began running to the others 

tokoyami only took a few seconds to hesitate before running behind the red-headed boy 

"Why did you do that," asked Lida surprised 

"it's just like what dark shadow said, he's got to get it over and done with," the bubbly girl said proudly 

as they walked down to the lounge they were met with a crowd of 1-A students 

tokoyami was asked a series of questions of concern and awe, some tried to touch his feathers, his face was filled with embarrassment while dark shadow came out again to laugh at his master's situation

eventually, tokoyami was able to escape the crowd and retreat to his room

"Hey at least it's finished with, now there's no reason why to hide next time," the dark shadow said happily

"you forget this lasts about a week" tokoyami argued 

"well you wouldn't have been able to hide in your bedroom for a week anyway, one of the teachers would have dragged you out in the end" dark shadow argued back

"whatever" tokoyami dismissed his quirk as it came back into his body 

what had happened was quite surprising though 

Lida and shoji wouldn't leave his side until he finally ate and drank something 

most of the girls were trying to feel his feathers 

people were asking him some quite weird questions, especially midoriya

and it was mainly Mineta who was laughing although Asui gave him a big slap on the back with her tongue which shut him right up 

as tokoyami rested back on his bed he could only think of one thing 

"it wasn't as bad as I imagined"