Just One More Step

Part 1

Aizawa's POV

I was not wanting to go to class today because Nezu told us that we were going to have to talk about mental health. I thought that with the stuff that my class has been through that at least one of them with have a mental disorder. I slowly walked to the teachers' lounge to get my morning coffee and figure out a plan. I heard the bell ring meaning that I should get going to class and get this week over and done with. Man, this is going to be one long week.

Izuku's POV

I was in class sitting at my desk, With so many words running around my head. I needed to cut, but I knew that before I would get the chance Denki would stop me or Aizawa-sensei will walk in. I was right, a minute later, Aizawa-sensei walked through the door and start to wright something one the board. 'Mental Health' it read, making me start to panic as I think that I have nearly every mental health disorder that exists. Under Mental health he started to write something else. I guess that is going to be the mental health disorder that we will be learning about. I really hope that it isn't Depression and Anxiety because they are the worst ones. I look back up to the board after bowing my head down, oh and just my luck, it's Depression and Anxiety.

"Ha, you can't be a hero if you have depression. Having depression just makes you weak," I heard the stern voice of 'Kacchan' bravely speak up.

At that I started to have a minor panic attack, I knew that this was going to happen because it happens every time 'Kacchan' gets cocky about what a true hero is meant to be like.

"Alright class, as you can see it's mental health week and so we will be going over ten different mental health disorders. Today we are starting with the most common - Anxiety and Depression. Each day of this week, I will give you a task to do. Today you will write at least two poems or a song about someone you know who has one of the mental disorders on the boards," Aizawa-sensei explained.

I had totally forgot about this week over the years. I hated this day. I raised my hand because I wanted to ask if we could do more.

"Yes, Izuku?" Aizawa saw that my hand was raised.

"Are we aloud to do more than that because I have 'twelve family' members that have one of these?" I asked hoping so because I have already done this task.

"Yes, you are aloud to do that and I hope the best for your family and I hope that they all get better," Aizawa answered my questioned and I was glad but, I didn't want to go first as I was going to take a while.

We all got started, and by we, I mean the entire class but me. All I did was grab my note book out of my bag and found all of the pages that I wanted. I found writing as another way that I could escape all of my pain. In this class there is only ONE person who knows about me having Depression and Anxiety and that was Denki. He is trying so hard to help me, but it isn't really working and I hope that this will help me a bit

Time Skip to when they are all done

Everyone was finished and Aizawa said that we would start with Momo and then go back up and end with Aoyama. I wasn't really happy because that would mean that I would be third and I would have liked to be last. Momo went up to the front of the room and looked down at her book before she started to read out her first poem -

"Scars -

Here on my arm lies a mark that I made.
When I was so low, I cut with a blade
To punish my body for being a mess,
Though here is my testament, I must confess...

That seeing these scars left on my arms, legs, and chest
Makes me realize I was in a place of no rest;
I feel guilty inside for leaving this token.
Now I will see and remember that I was so broken.

But seeing these scars helps me see
That I survived so much trauma and now I am free.
So I ask you now to stand with me and fight,
To show all these demons what they're doing is not right.

You won the battle of good versus bad.
You are still alive and are no longer sad.
Here on my arm lies a mark of survival.
I got through my hate and beat my self-rival.

And then there was her second Poem -

Do You Know -

Do you know a life of loneliness and one filled with pain,
living a life with nothing to gain,
Surrounded by darkness, overwhelmed with shame.
A life without peace with no one to blame.

Do you know of a place unseen,
A place that holds only shattered dreams,
A place filled with sorrow with no end in sight,
I am given this gift each and every night.

Do you know of a place so cold,
This is the place I call my soul,
A place without hope or comforting dreams,
A life not worth living wouldn't it seem.

Do you know of a life that should have never been,
And the feeling that today this life has to end.
One more day of sadness is much too hard to bear,
I am tired of living a life of heartache and despair.

Do you know a person with so much pain inside,
Or the feeling of loneliness when no one hears your cries,
Maybe when the tears are gone and I can clearly see,
The only question left will be...

DO YOU KNOW ME"

I liked her poems because they were something that I could relate to.

Mineta was next and I knew that he was only going to have one poem because when Aizawa said that the time was up, he sighed under his breath. Momo finished and walked back to her desk while Mineta got up. Once at the front of the class, he started to speak -

His poem -

"Demons of Darkness -

She stood on the bridge
In silence and fear,
For the demons of darkness
Had driven her here.

They cut her heart
Right out of her chest,
Making her believe
That the demons knew best.

They were always there,
Sometimes just out of sight,
Waiting in the background
Till the time was right.

These demons were destructive,
Knocking down the life she knew,
Hating everything about her;
She hated herself, too.

These demons can't be seen,
But they're far from fairy tales.
They live inside your mind;
Their evilness prevails.

So on the bridge she stood,
About to end the fight.
Then she stopped and thought"

Once Mineta had finished, he went back to his desk, meaning that it was my turn I walked up to the front of the class and took a deep breath before I started.

To Be Continued

Word Count - 1200

Hey Problem Children,

I am going through and editing all of my books, starting with my one-shot and going from there. I have done the one-shot already so here we are.

From the author, AizawaFam