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Hitoshi spends a lot of time at preschool while his dad and Beebee are working. He likes preschool. While the other kids aren’t his favorite (they can be too loud at times) the teachers are the best. They weren’t always, but recently they started doing whatever he wants. He got to spend the whole day napping once because he just told the teacher 'let me sleep.’ He really likes that teacher.
Pretty soon all the other kids’ quirks start manifesting, if they weren’t already apparent like that frog girl’s. Hitoshi hasn’t noticed anything different about him, and his dad hasn’t said anything either. All he knows is he’s gotten really good at getting people to do things for him. Some kids started making fun of him for not having a quirk yet, but they always stopped talking when he told them to. Sometimes they wouldn’t even talk for the rest of the day! Though the kids seemed to forget the next day because they’d start teasing him again, but they were always stopped talking when he told them to. Soon after that is when he notices the teachers start whispering around him. Why were they whispering?
“Teacher,” Hitoshi says.
“Yes, Hitoshi?” the teacher replies.
“Tell me what you’re whispering about."
"We’re whispering about you and how you control the other children. We think it’s your quirk,” she said. “And we were trying to decide if it’s safe to have you around the other children.”
The teacher stops talking and just stares at Hitoshi, the other teacher doing the same. They then quickly usher the rest of the students outside to the playground and call Aizawa. Hitoshi still doesn’t understand what’s happening. What was his quirk? Why shouldn’t he be safe around the other kids?
His dad arrives shortly with Beebee, the other kids having been brought back inside with Hitoshi in the office. He can hear one of the teachers, his favorite, speaking to his dad. Hitoshi doesn’t catch everything, just snippets. “shouldn’t be around other kids”….“mind control”…“villain in this preschool”.
'There’s a villain somewhere? Is that why they called dad?’ Hitoshi wonders.
The door to the office opens and his dad walks in, kneeling before him, Beebee still standing in the doorway.
“I heard teacher say there was a villain, is everything all right daddy?” Hitoshi asks.
His dad only leans in to hug him, clutching him tight.
“It’ll be alright Hitoshi. Beebee and I are just going to find you a new school.”
“Is it because a villain got in? Will you and beebee protect us?”
“Don’t worry,” his dad said, sounding like he was crying. “We’ll protect you.”
Beebee walked over and joined in the group hug. Hitoshi always loved these hugs. A few minutes later his dad stopped making that noise.
“Come on Hitoshi,” he said, standing up and reaching a hand out. “Let’s go home.”
Hitoshi left the office hand-in-hand with his dad and Beebee. As he walked through the room he stopped looked at the teachers who were on the opposite side with the other kids.
“Bye teacher!” Hitoshi said, removing his hand from Beebee’s to wave at them. The teachers didn’t wave back.