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"𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦."
"hey y/n, what are you doing here?"
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rio, tobio's mom, asked as she opened the door. "oh, i just wanted to stop by." y/n said as she looked everywhere, but the light skinned woman in front of her. "i thought you'd be celebrating your win. congratulations on that by the way."
"oh umm.." that's right, y/n had forgotten that she was at the sports festival a little less than an hour ago. "thanks and i had got tired." rio nodded not really believing it, but at the same time not wanting to pester y/n with a lot of questions. "we'll come in then darling. do you want anything to eat or drink?"
"thanks and no i'm good." y/n walked into the house and took her shoes off. it looked the same from the last time she had been there, which was during her last year of middle school. "alrighty then, you can go make yourself at home in the living room. i believe saimyah should be in there." rio said, pointing to the room that was down the hall. y/n nodded then started making her way, the sound of the tv getting louder as she got closer.
y/n walked into the living room causing saimyah to hum in confusion. "y/n? i'm surprised to see you here."
"yea, i was just stopping by." the h/c haired girl nervously played with her fingers as she stood in the doorway.
"is tobio with you?"
y/n shook her head and averted eye contact with the confused woman on the couch. saimyah noticed the nervous state that y/n was in and realized the situation. "i'm guessing he doesn't know you're here." y/n shook her head once more.
"what about your parents?"
"nope."
saimyah sighed. "i did tell you that you're welcomed whenever didn't i?" a smile spread across her brown face. "well you can sit wherever you like, i'll be right back." she got off of the couch and walked pass y/n into the hallway.
y/n nodded and sat on the loveseat on the other side of the room. the best seat in her opinion. during her last year of middle school, she would always sit in that exact chair whenever tobio hosted a movie night.
he would of course try to sit next to her claiming that, "since it was called a loveseat, two people were required to sit on it and cuddle." which always ended in tobio sitting on the floor in front of the loveseat with a frown while y/n and ochaco sat on it and cuddled.
y/n smiled to herself as she thought about her two best friends and started to feel bad about leaving them behind.
saimyah walked back into the room with a phone in her hand. "i know you probably don't want to, but you have to call your mom and tell her that you're safe."
knowing that she was right, y/n nodded and reluctantly accepted the phone, then typed in her mom's number. her nervousness grew as the phone rang almost making her hang up. eventually, she heard the voice of her mom through the phone.
"hello?"
"it's me, mom."
"oh, my baby! where are you?!"
"i'm at tobio's house."
"but tobio is right here."
"i know. i left the festival."
"you could've told me. i almost
killed shoto when he came back
and told us that you left without
saying anything."
y/n's eyes widened, surprised
that her mom was that worried
about her. "well i'm ok mom."
"thank goodness. next time
please tell me."
"i'll try not to forget."
"good and since i know where
you are, i'll come to get you."
"no! i mean you don't have to."
"oh ok, i understand princess.
well, i'll see you later ok?"
"yea, see you later."
y/n quickly hit the end call button and gave the phone back to saimyah who was standing out in the hallway to give the girl some privacy. "everything ok?" she asked.
"yup all good." y/n gave her a thumbs up. "but umm, could you possibly take me to the hospital?"
"of course. do you need me to pick you up after?"
"yes please."
"ok, i'll go tell rio then we can go."
"thank you."
"you're welcome y/n."
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"hey princess." [father's name] greeted his daughter as she walked into the hotel room. she didn't say a word as she walked over to the bed and sat down.
she leaned on his shoulder and he wrapped an arm around her. "what happened y/n?" he asked concern present in his voice.
she wanted to forget about what had happened earlier that day, but to no avail, the guilt and shame came crawling back to her. "am i a bad person?" y/n asked barely above a whisper.
[father's name] was slightly taken aback by the question. "not at all. what made you think you were?"
"what i did earlier to my classmate. i almost killed him all because i felt like i had to win to prove something to mom." y/n put her head down and closed her eyes. "i don't even know what it is that i have to prove."
the older male furrowed his brows. "how would you have to prove something if you don't even know what that something is?"
"i don't know." they sat there in silence as y/n thought of a reason. "i mean we did have a conversation after my first fight and she apologized and told me that she was going to try and be there for me, so maybe i was trying to show her that i didn't need her."
"do you think you need her?"
y/n slowly shook her head side to side, not completely sure if she was answering her father's question correctly. she wondered if she did need her mother. she's technically made it this far without her, but is it what she wants?
noticing the uncertainty of his daughter, [father's name] wrapped his other arm around her and pulled her into a bone-crushing hug. "don't stress about it. you got plenty of time to figure it out, princess."
he pulled away and stuck out his pinky finger. "but promise me you'll at least try not to push her away."
"do i have to?"
"yes."
"fine." y/n stuck her pinky out as well and shook it with her fathers. "now when are you getting released?" y/n asked once the promise was made.
she watched as the expression on her father's face fell to a frown and as he averted his eyes to stare at the muted tv. receiving no response from him made her think of all the negative possibilities. "dad please tell me."
[father's name] sighed as he looked back at his daughter. he knew he would have to tell her eventually, but wished that he didn't have to. "princess i.. the doctors they say that...."
y/n bit her lip in anticipation.
"my chances of walking again lowered." he said barely above a whisper. y/n stopped gnawing on her lip. "please say you're joking."
"i wish i was."
tears threatened to fall from y/n's eyes as she proceeded to think about what he had said over and over again. she then stood up and started pacing around the room. "no. i don't believe it. i can't believe it. maybe they said it wrong. maybe they meant your chances of not being able to walk lowered."
"please calm down y/n before you pass out."
"calm down? how am i supposed to be calm?" she stopped and told her dad. she wipes away a couple of tears that had slipped out before walking around again. "you won't be able to be a hero anymore and you won't be able to train me." she paused again. "does mom know?"
[father's name] nodded.
"of course." then she continued to pace. "that's probably why she said she was going to try to be there for me."
"y/n please just sit back down."
"no."
"i said sit down!"
y/n jumped then quickly sat down in one of the chairs in the room. being yelled at by her father was new to her and frankly, she was terrified. "s-sorry."
"you have nothing to be sorry for. just listen, me not being able to walk isn't the end of the world. yea, i might not be able to be a hero anymore, but that just means that i'll be able to spend more time with my family." [father's name] took a breath before continuing.
"i'll also be able to help you train, but i'll just have to watch you and tell you if you're doing something wrong. everything doesn't have to be negative y/n and i want you to remember that."
y/n nodded as she played with her fingernails. yes, what her father said was true, but she couldn't help but feel like something bad was going to happen.
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