𝘍𝘈𝘓𝘊𝘖𝘕//𝘚.𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘪 𝘹 𝘏𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘴' 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

21. 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘛𝘖 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘋-𝘊𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘏𝘌𝘙

(y/n's POV)

I chuckled as I looked down upon Endeavor's dead body. "You did well y/n.." Complimented Stain as he patted my back, I looked at him with a smirk. "So who's next sir?" I asked, he smiled at me. "I'll let you choose this time." He stated, I gave it a thought and then looked back at my new mentor.

"How about Wing hero Hawks?"

I jolted awake with a gasp, my eyes searched my surroundings frantically for any sign of Stain or the Nomu, but I wasn't on a sidewalk in the streets anymore. I was in a hospital, on a bed, with three other beds around me. "y/n?! You're awake!!" Midoriya exclaimed, did I mention that my friends were sitting on the beds staring at my terrified face?

Shoto's bed was right next to mine, he was looking at his phone when I woke up. He threw his phone on the bedside table and jumped out of his bed, I didn't even register what was happening before I was engulfed by a hug.

"S-shoto? What happened?" I croaked, he held me closer to his chest. "You're awake... thank god..." He whispered. We sat there in silence for a while. I let Shoto hug me and rubbed his back before he let me go and sat next to me with my hand in his to explain what happened. He told me everything, from after the Nomu until my surgery.

"Oh... Uhm Shoto..?" I said while looking at Midoriya and Iida who were staring at us. We haven't really talked about our relationship to the class, so far it was only Endeavor, Keigo and Aoyama who knew. "It's fine, they know." He explained, I nodded.

"y/n.. We uhm, we wanted to thank you for helping us." Midoriya said, I smiled at him. "It's fine, don't worry about it. My services never disappoint, best ass beating service in town, I assure you." I chuckled. My hands wandered off to inspect my injuries, I ran my fingers gently over the bandages covering my wounds. My hand paused on my bandaged thigh. "Yeah this one is definitely leaving a scar.." I muttered to myself.

"Oh, are you wounded kids awake?" Grumbled Gran torino as he walked into the room with pro-hero Manual by his side. "Kid, I've got a lot of complaints for you!" He warned, walking  over to scold Midoriya. "Get in line.." I scoffed under my breath with a smile. As Gran torino was about to yell at Midoriya, he paused and sighed. "But first, you have a visitor."

My eyes widened as Hosu's chief of police, Kenji Tsuragamae, entered the room. We were all about to stand up when the chief held up his hands. "Oh you can stay seated woof." He said, well, barked. "You must be the U.A. students who brought down the hero killer Stain." He stated. We all nodded.

"Regarding the hero killer we arrested..." He bagan. "He had fairly serious injuries, with burn marks, broken bones and at least five stab wounds. He's receiving treatment under strict guard woof." I sank deeper into the bed, thinking about yesterday's events again.

Shoto placed his hand around my shoulder and pulled me into him comfortingly. The chief then went on about how dangerous quirks can be and how we could've easily killed someone, he also said that the four of us and the heroes responsible for us will receive strict punishment which didn't sit right with me. Or Shoto for that matter.

"Wait a minute," Shoto spoke up. "If Iida hadn't done anything Native would've been killed and if y/n didn't come, all four of us would've been killed." He then went on ranting about how no one realized that the hero killer had appeared because of the Nomu ruckus.

"Are you saying that we should've followed the rules and watched people get killed?!" I pursed my lips, Shoto was getting angry. Rightfully so, but he didn't know what the hero commission could do if they heard something they didn't like. I couldn't just sit still and let him step into their deadly radar.

"This is why you aren't a full-fledged hero yet. Goodness, what are you being taught by U.A. and Endeavor..." Muttered chief, I felt Shoto stand up from next to me. "You damn mu-" "Shoto sit down." I ordered while gripping his wrist. Shoto took one look at my glare and sat down, he then muttered an apology.

"Hear him out young Todoroki, that was the official order of the police." Explained Gran torino, the chief nodded. "And the punishment and such would only happen if this were all made public, woof." He added.

He then went on explaining the cover story and how the public thought that it was Endeavor who took down Stain. Shoto apologized for his rudeness and Iida and Midoriya both apologized to their mentors. The chief then thanked us for our efforts and left. I squinted menacingly. I did not feel good about Endeavor taking credit for my hard work. Even if this was a great decision to keep us out of trouble. It just didn't sit right with me. Silence filled the room for a few minutes before the door burst open.

"Mr. Hawks you can't-" "Where is she- y/n!!" Keigo ran over to my bed and pounced on me, he wrapped his arms and wings around me in a big warm hug. Shoto sat awkwardly next to me while the others all watched in an awkward silence.

"Keigo... I'm fine, let me breathe..." I choked out, he let go of me and was a sniffling mess. "Y-you could've died! You idiot! W-why didn't you call me?!" He sniffled, I smiled and took his hand. "I'm fine Keigo, see? Just a few scratches." I stated.

"Scratches?! You got stabbed! Twice!!" He stressed. "But I beat him..?" I said with a nervous smile, he tried suppressing a smile and sighed. He held my cheek and kissed my forehead. "I'm proud of you, but don't do it again." He whispered.

He let go of me and walked towards Shoto, he put his hand on Shoto's shoulder and whispered something into his ear. "We'll be back soon.." He said as he led Shoto out of the room. I was about to ask what Keigo was gonna do when Tokoyami went into the room. "Hawks- Sir you can't just walk into a hospital like that- y/n? You're awake?" He said as he noticed me.

He greeted Midoriya and Iida and walked over to me and sat next to my bed, he asked me what happened and I sighed. Looks like Keigo wasn't allowed to tell him the truth, I looked towards Midoriya and Iida and gave them a look. They nodded and we started telling the cover story that the chief told us to tell if anyone asked what happened.

(No one's POV)

As y/n, Iida and Midoriya told the fabricated story to their classmate, Shoto and Keigo were standing together in an empty hallway. "Todoroki, I heard what you did." Started Keigo, Shoto looked down in shame. "I know, I'm sorry I couldn't help her fight.." He sighed, his eyes shamefully staring on the ground.

Keigo laughed lightly and put his hand on Shoto's shoulder. "No no no, I already know that y/n was the reason you couldn't fight. I'm not here to scold you Todoroki, I'm here to thank you." Keigo explained, Shoto's eyes made contact with the hero's. "What?"

"I heard how you helped y/n when she... lost control... So I wanted to thank you for being there when she needed you the most." He smiled, Shoto stared at him in disbelief. "Of course... there was no way I could just leave her like that..." Shoto muttered.

"But... You shouldn't be thanking me... You should be yelling at me, if I tried to help from the beginning-" "Shhhhh, even if you tried harder to fight, y/n would've definitely stopped you again. Besides, this fight, it was more... personal..." He explained, Shoto looked down again.

"But that doesn't matter anymore. What matters is that she's safe now, so thank you." He said, Keigo then patted Shoto on the back and left to go back to his sister again. Shoto smiled slightly, 'she's safe now' he thought. Shoto sighed and walked back to the room where he saw y/n laughing with her brother.

They all sat together for a while but then the pro-heroes and Tokoyami all had to leave, leaving the four young heroes together. y/n sighed as she sank back into her bed and wrapped herself with her wings. "I feel kind of bad..." Shoto spoke next to her, y/n looked up at him from her little nest.

"About what?" Asked Midoriya, Shoto looked down at his hand. "I feel like If I get Involved, other people mess up their hands..." He stated. "Is it a curse...?" y/n was shaking with laughter silently next to him.

"T-Todoroki, I didn't know you could joke!" Giggled Midoriya, Shoto gave him a completely serious look. "No I'm not joking." He said as he looked down on his hand again. "I'm like the Hand-Crusher or something..." He muttered. y/n couldn't hold in her laughter anymore.

"Oh god- I can't breathe- The Hand-Crusher????"

"y/n I'm completely serious!"