A/N: This is another request from Hunter01a hope you'll like this one too!
I was initially planning to go through all the requests one at a time, in the order of who requested first, but I'm currently having difficulty writing the plots for those other requests. Don't worry, I'll get to them soon enough.
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Your schoolbag in hand, you entered the classroom and slowly made your way to the front of the class, facing your new classmates.
You sighed, you still weren't used to this yet.
A few moments of your classmates chattering with each other went by before your teacher tapped your shoulder and gestured to the blackboard.
'Ah, he must be telling me to introduce myself.' you thought to yourself.
After grabbing a piece of chalk that was near the blackboard, you wrote your name.
'(L/N) (Y/N)'
The room turned silent the moment the chalk made contact with the blackboard. Everyone was confused. Normally, the teacher would be the one to write the student's name, at least.
You continued writing.
'I'm deaf, but I hope we can get along with each other and be friends. It's nice to meet all of you! ^_^'
You smiled to yourself, thinking that that emoticon you wrote at the end was a nice touch. Turning on your heel, you faced your classmates once more, but this time no one was talking to each other, they were only looking at you and the words you had written on the blackboard.
Confused, you bowed, signalling that you were done with your self-introduction.
Not one of your classmates knew what to say. After all, this was their first time having a classmate that couldn't hear.
Your teacher tapped your shoulder again. Facing her, she told you in sign language that you should, "sit between the girl with the blue ponytail and the girl with the blonde hair". You smiled at your teacher and nodded, appreciating the fact that she took her time learning sign language.
Your classmates still staring at you, you walked to your new seat and sat down.
Since that was done, you decided to just blankly stare at the blackboard until the teacher would write some stuff on the blackboard so you can take down some notes and whatnot.
Actually, you weren't deaf since birth. You had a terrible accident only recently, a year or two years ago, and that was the cause of your deafness. Unfortunately, your family isn't the best financially, so you don't get to have a hearing aid. Although, your parents promised you that you'll get one someday.
To this day, you still think it was such a shame to get deaf, considering that the one thing you loved was to sing. Now, you don't even know if you can still sing in the right tone and pitch. Since you've gone a full year or two without talking, you're slowly beginning to forget that too.
You sighed, if only that accident didn't happen, then maybe you would be talking to one of your seatmates right now.
Speaking of your seatmates, you turned your head to look at the one to your left. It was the blue haired girl who had tied her hair into a ponytail. She was focusing on the blackboard, probably listening to the teacher. You thought she looked really pretty, especially her violet eyes, it looked like they were shining.
You looked to your right, and this time you saw a blonde girl. She didn't look Japanese at all, and her unique blonde hair was enough to tell that. She had one of her locks of hair in a loop beside her head. You thought that it would look silly on anyone else, but the blonde pulled it off flawlessly, she looks really pretty in it. However, unlike the serious blue haired girl you just took a look at, she wasn't paying attention to the teacher at all, she was doodling and playing with her school supplies.
You didn't notice that you let out a giggle, that was until the blonde turned her head to look at you and smiled.
You felt yourself blush lightly, if you thought she was already really pretty, then she was a hundred times prettier when she smiled.
She quickly took a pen and scribbled something down on a piece of paper and passed it to you.
'Hello! My name's Ohara Mari, it's nice to meet you too, (L/N)-chan!'
You accepted the paper, surprised. You hadn't thought anyone would do this. Smiling, you took one of your pens and replied.
'Nice to meet you, Ohara-san. I hope we'll get along well.'
She smiled brightly at you.
From the corner of your eye, you could make it that something hda fallen. Naturally, your head immediately turned to the left to find out what had fell. You found a ballpen on the floor that probably belonged to the blue haired girl.
Taking this as a chance to make a new friend, you reached down to the ballpen, in hopes to smoothly grab it and pass it to your seatmate.
However, instead of a ballpen, you ended up touching something warmer. Confused, you looked down, only to find out that you were touching someone's hand.
You looked up to see those same violet eyes that you thought looked beautiful staring back at you. You immediately felt your face boil, she was really pretty.
It took you a few moments to realize that you were still holding her hand, but when you did, you immediately took your hand back and began scribbling on paper.
'I'm sorry! >_<" I wanted to get your ballpen for you.'
Her expression softened, instead of the usual serious face she has on, as she scribbled on another piece of paper.
'No worries, I appreciate the thought. By the way, my name's Matsuura Kanan, it's nice to meet you, (L/N)-san. I hope we can get along well.'
As you read her reply, you swear you saw her blush lightly as she smiled at you.
~~~
It was the usual scene in a classroom with a new student.
When the bell rang, your new classmates immediately surrounded you, scribbling on paper to talk to you and ask you questions. Other knew how to use sign language like you, so you thought that was really cool.
In the midst of the questions, Kanan tapped your shoulder and pointed to the teacher, who was calling you over.
Your other classmates knew what was going on and excused you. You walked slowly to your teacher.
She smiled at you and applied her knowledge on sign language again.
'Since you're still new here, I believe it is quite confusing for you to navigate throughout the school. I suggest that you ask Kanan to give you a quick tour.'
You took a quick glance at Kanan, who was already staring at you. Blushing lightly, you quickly looked back at your teacher, nodding.
'I understand. I'll get to it right now, thank you.'
After giving out your reply, you walked back to Kanan who held up a piece of paper at you when you returned.
'Shall we get started?'
~~~
Who knew that that small encounter months ago would earn you three good friends: Mari, the lively blonde who you didn't expect was the school's director, Dia, the strict but kind-hearted student council president, and, of course, Kanan, the reliable and most caring person you've ever met. Ever since she showed you around the school that one fateful day, she hasn't been able to keep herself away from you. Of course, you thought this was because she was worried about you.
However, you didn't know it was because of something else.
Currently, you were in the student council along with Mari, Dia, and Kanan. Since school was over for that day, you decided to help them out with Mari and Dia's student council duties, Kanan tagged along too.
While you were sorting out random papers, you noticed that they were talking to each other more than usual, it was like they were planning something and leaving you out of it. It was annoying, yes, but you had faith and trust in them. They wouldn't do something like that just because you were deaf, right? That would just be too cruel.
Minutes passed, and they were still talking to each other enthusiastically. It was starting to tick you off even more now. You wanted to get in on what they were doing too. Pouting, you tapped Kanan's shoulder. She immediately looked at you, a light shade of red on her cheeks.
As usual, she scribbled on a piece of paper for you to read and then reply.
'What is it, (Y/N)-san?'
Still pouting, you wrote your reply.
'I want to know what you guys are talking about ;;'
Kanan chuckled.
'Sorry, it's a secret.'
You looked over to Mari and Dia. Unfortunately, they looked like they weren't going to say anything either, so you just frowned, feeling rejected.
~~~
Days passed, and they still continued to talk without you. You were feeling pretty down about it by now. They were the only ones that you ever considered as a true friend, why would they be soing this?
Sighing, you stepped inside the student council room.
Strangely enough, after all that ignoring, Dia invited you to the student council room after school since she said she had something to talk about with you. Being the kind person that you are, you immediately accepted her offer.
Opening the door, you saw the three people you wanted to see the most. They were standing side by side, with Kanan in the middle, holding a cake. Dia and Mari were beside her holding a corner of a banner that read,
'Happy birthday, (L/N) (Y/N)!'
Surprised, you took out your phone and turned it on to look at the the date.
It was your birthday.
Silly you, you managed to forget about your birthday because of all the worrying you went through because of these three people. Oh, how ironic.
Laughing, you replied to them.
'Thank you very much!'
Dia handed Kanan a piece of paper for the blue haired girl to write on.
Kanan placed the cake somewhere on a random table as she grabbed a pen and replied.
'Oh, but wait, we still have a present for you!'
From a table behind her, she grabbed a box. It was a really (F/C) box tied together with a red shiny ribbon.
After a moment of hesitation, you accepted the box and opened it slowly.
What was inside were brand new hearing aids. You couldn't believe your eyes.
Before you were able to grab another piece of paper to write on, Kanan had stopped you by placing her hands on your shoulders and showing you another sentence she had scribbled down.
'Before anything else, it would be nice if we try if your present works.'
Still shocked, you nodded slowly. Kanan smiled at you, as if you were the most delicate flower she had ever seen. She got the box and opened it.
You closed your eyes, not knowing what was going to happen next. Your heart was racing.
You could feel something being put into your ears, but you didn't dare to open your eyes.
And then it was silence. Well, you were still closing your eyes so there was darkness too.
...
"...(Y/N)-san... can... me?"
You opened your eyes, staring at Kanan in disbelief.
"Are... okay?"
Tears started welling up in your eyes.
"Y-Your voice..." you softly mumbled.
Mari, Dia, and Kanan couldn't believe it either. They were close to crying as well.
You cleared your throat.
"I can hear it. Your voice." you firmly said.
The three third years couldn't contain their happiness and enveloped you in a group hug.
"I'm so glad it worked!" Mari said.
"This is amazing!" Dia followed.
"You guys don't know how happy I feel right now!" Kanan practically yelled, smiling at you.
You laughed along with them, "Hey, you guys, I'd really like an explanation, though..."
They released you from their tight grip, and Dia started explaining.
"You see, Kanan was the one who suggested this idea to us. With your birthday coming around the corner, we knew we had to do something special for you since you've become such a close and cherished friend for the three of us. We had trouble deciding what to give you though..."
Mari continued for her, "And that's when Kanan had this amazing idea! To give you a hearing aid for your birthday!"
"Wait, wait, wait, but aren't these super expensive!? Plus, you got two of them!" you replied.
"Well, we could have just asked Mari to lend us money, but I think that would ruin the meaning behind the gift, so we actually got part time jobs to gain some money... " Kanan said, cheekily scratching the back of her hand. "In the end, we really did need some help from Mari, though..."
"But why do this all for me, though?"
"That's because we really care about you!" Mari replied.
"But I'm pretty sure one of us likes you more than the other two do..." Dia mumbled, smirking. "If you know what I mean, right, Kanan?"
Beet red, Kanan stuttered as she replied, "H-Huh? I don't k-know what you're t-talking about, haha..."
"Come on, don't be such a scaredy cat, Kanan!" Mari told her.
You tilted your head in confusion as the three of them bickered.
You smiled. So this was why they were so secretive lately.
Everything felt so new to you, and their voices... Oh, their voices sounded so sweet and heavenly, like you couldn't get enough of how they sounded like.
"G-Geez, whatever, let's just get to singing happy birthday now!" Kanan said as she tried to cover her face.
The four of you sang happy birthday.
~~~
Kanan decided to walk home with you that day, and you honestly found that weird since she never asked to walk with you until now.
The walk home wasn't awkward even though the both of you were silent. It was a rather comfortable silence, indeed.
You felt something hold your hand. You turned you head to find out that it was Kanan shyly holding your hand.
"Remember when we first talked?" she asked you.
You nodded, "It was because of that ballpen." the both of you laughed as you remembered that fond memory.
"Yeah, that was quite a way to meet someone for the first time." silence followed again. "Honestly, you caught my eye ever since you transferred to our class, (Y/N)-san. You're... really special."
You felt your face heat up as she spoke, "What are you talking about, Kanan? I should be the one saying that to you..."
By this time, she was blushing too, "...I think you're really pretty, (Y/N)-san."
"I think you're really pretty too, Kanan."
"I love your voice."
"I love yours too."
"I love you."
"...I love you too."
The both of you stopped walking, trying to contemplate what the both of you just said to each other.
You were the first to react, "W-What just happened?"
Kanan eventually returned to her usual calm demeanor too, "I... I think we just confessed to each other?"
Without missing a beat, you stood on your toes and gave Kanan a kiss.
'Best birthday ever,' you thought to yourself as Kanan kissed you back.