Before I begin, I just want to say that I jinxed the whole ranking thing. :I Never bragging about THAT again. Anyway, on to the chap.
A week had passed since the Seven Minutes in Heaven incident. Still no signs that they'd gotten closer. In fact, they still remained neutral friends. Mineta, of course, was still not quite ready to come out to everyone, but he was starting to work up the courage. He figured if Kaminari would accept him, the rest of 1-A might, too.
Unfortunately, he felt like he had to keep up the perverted act. He decided to drop it once he was fully ready to come up. If he had suddenly stopped, then it would might be seen as suspicious.
He really should have known that sooner or later, karma would come back and bite him in the ass.
"Mineta, can I have a word with you?" Aizawa asked after the last bell.
The tone of Aizawa's voice told Mineta this couldn't be good. "Y-Yes?"
"Come take a seat."
Mineta pulled up a chair and sat down in front of Aizawa's desk.
"You're probably aware of this, but more girls filed reports about your perverted acts and sexual harassment," Aizawa said, his glare colder than Todoroki's ice.
Mineta shifted uncomfortably in his seat and gave a small nod.
"It pains me to say this because you have great potential of being a good hero, but this kind of behavior needs to be brought to an end one way or another."
"O-Okay ...." Mineta said slowly, dreading where this could be heading.
"The other students tried to stop you, I've given you warning after warning, yet you still pursue." Aizawa sighed. "I feel like I have no other choice but to expel you. This has gone on long enough."
No.
This was NOT happening!
Without thinking about what he was doing, Mineta jumped to his own defense. "Y-You can't do that! I admit what I did was wrong, but I had my reasons!"
Aizawa gave him another glare. He wasn't in the mood to hear excuses, but he knew he should hear the kid out. "And what are those reasons?"
Mineta sighed. "I'm actually gay. I've been perving on the girls to hide it," he admitted, tears starting to form in his eyes.
Aizawa was taken aback by this. "I wasn't quite expecting that. I support you. In fact, I think the rest of the class is LGBT in some way. So it kind of makes me wonder why you were nervous to come out."
The tears started flowing more. "B-Because I was raised to believe it was wrong. M-My family is extremely homophobic. My father is also abusive and b-believes that women are to be treated like objects. So I thought if I acted like I believed the same thing, n-nobody would question my sexuality." Mineta buried his face in his hands and let out a sob. "I'm so sorry."
Aizawa let all of this sink in. Then he recollected when he and All Might had visited the Mineta household.
Mr. Mineta had a cocky attitude. Mrs. Mineta was quiet and timid. Minoru himself seemed petrified, like he was hiding something.
Aizawa now knew what that "something" was.
He stood up and pulled Mineta into a hug. Mineta gripped his teacher's shirt and sobbed into his chest.
"It's okay. Let it all out," Aizawa said in a surprisingly soothing voice. "Tell you what. I'm not going to expel you. For one thing, now that I know the truth, we can work with this. Another thing is that expelling you would force you back into that household."
Mineta pulled away and wiped the tears off his face. "R-Really?"
"Really. You might have been a pain at times, but I still care about you. You're my student, after all."
Mineta managed to crack a smile. "T-Thank you Mr. Aizawa."
"That said, I also care about the girls of the class. Promise me you'll drop the pervy act?"
"I will! I promise!" Mineta assured. Then his smile disappeared. "W-What if someone questions it?"
"Still not ready to come out yet, I see."
"No. Only Kaminari knows. And now you. That's it."
"I understand. You're secret is safe with me. If someone questions it, I suggest you just tell them that I managed to talk some sense into you," Aizawa advised.
Mineta's smile returned. "Thank you! Thank you so much!"
Aizawa cracked a small smile. "You're welcome, Problem Child #19."
Mineta chuckled at this and slung his bag over his shoulder. "See you tomorrow, Sensei!"
"See you tomorrow," Aizawa said. "And Mineta."
Mineta stopped at the door and turned around.
"If you need anything else - anything at all - don't hesitate to reach out," Aizawa said, sounding a tad more caring than usual.
Mineta nodded. "I will!"
Later on, back at the dorms, Mineta found himself texting Kaminari yet again.
Pikachu: So what did Aizawa want with you after class?
Grape Boi: The reports from the girls were flooding again and he was about to expel me.
Pikachu: Expel you?! What changed his mind?!
Grape Boi: I came out to him
Pikachu: So he knows?
Grape Boi: Yes. And he's keeping it a secret. He's also willing to help me with people questioning it as long as I drop the act.
Pikachu: So you're quitting the pervy act?
Grape Boi: Yep! If anyone gets pushy about it, Aizawa gave me a reason aside from the truth!
Pikachu: That is so cool of him! We stan Dadzawa!
Grape Boi: "Dadzawa." I like that one! He really IS like a second dad to me! To all of us!
Pikachu: Exactly! That's what I'm saying!
Mineta smiled broadly as he recollected the way Aizawa comforted him as he let out his secret.
Aizawa is more of a father than that bastard back at home will ever be to me!
Now that Aizawa and Kaminari know ... I'm really starting to feel more confident with this whole "coming out" thing!
Maybe I should come out to the class next.
No.
I WILL come out to the class next!
This feels a little too short for my liking. Oh well. Anyway, I really love me some Dadzawa content.
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