A/N : Hello, everyone! I hope you are all doing fine. I really really hate exams, but I am finally back with a new chapter and a bonus at the end.
This is the longest chapter this; 7000+ words! *dancing* I hope you will enjoy it.
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Keigo crouched down and prepared to take off again like he did the whole night. His heavy breathing was the only thing that could be heard in the middle of the night and he could feel the spikes of pain running all over his body because, despite Recovery Girl treating his injuries, his body still needed healing. Keigo knew he should stop, to let himself rest , but he couldn't, he needed to train more and more because he had failed at protecting Touya while those villains tortured him and he had failed when he couldn't save Touya or when he wasn't fast enough to not let Mr. Asahi use his quirk on him.
'So naive, Hawks . '
The words kept running through his head like a mantra and Mr. Asahi was right, how could Keigo be a hero if he was this stupid? Unable to save his friend, his first best friend.
So, Keigo decided that he had to train more. Even though he ages back and remembers the training he endured at the hands of the commission, he still needed to train more, to make himself stronger and faster.
Keigo's sight wasn't the best at night, but the commission sometimes trained him with a blindfold on his eyes to get himself adjusted to the dark, so it wasn't this hard to fly faster in the air and sharpen his feathers to hit the target in front of him, and he succeeded in hitting every single one of them.
'So naive, Hawks.'
Why did he listen to Mr. Asahi even when Touya and Ania tried to warn him? — Keigo thought, but he knew the answer because whenever Mr. Asahi ordered him to do something, his mind couldn't help but be blank and follow orders.
'We have raised you, Hawks, you should follow everything we say.'
And he at that moment was afraid of the punishment Mr. Asahi would inflict on him if he didn't follow his orders. So, he ignored all the signs and went to Mr. Asahi, leaving Touya and Ania.
'Hawks is more stronger than Keigo.'
Maybe Madame President was right and Keigo was a weak, scared little boy who could be good for nothing.
Maybe DadZawa was wrong? The question flashed through Keigo's mind and he couldn't answer anything except yes, DadZawa was wrong.
Keigo landed on the ground with a slight huff and he just stood for a moment, frozen in the dead silence of the night. His body hurts, everything hurts. He lowered himself to the ground as he felt that his legs wouldn't hold him any longer. Weak Body Weak! Weak! Weak!.
'You never learn, boy.' His father's voice sneered in his mind. 'You are good for nothing.'
"Yes, papa," Keigo whispered, blinking the blur out of his eyes as he brought his knees up to his chest and hugged them with his arms.
'Worthless, I don't know why your mother is keeping you.'
Keigo's breaths were growing shallow and short and quick. He tries to bite the tremor out of his lips, trying to compose himself and keep the panic at bay. He didn't want to drown again in the black, he hated it there – always feeling helpless and worthless.
'Keigo," he looked up and found Aizawa in front of him, crouching to be on the same level as his. Why didn't Keigo sense him coming? Was he really slipping and becoming weak? He should have sensed Aizawa's presence — the questions made Keigo's eyes blur from the tears that threatened to fall down. "What are you doing here alone, Keigo?" Aizawa's voice was tired and Keigo felt more guilty because Aizawa was here with him and wasn't sleeping.
For a few moments, they sat in absolute silence. Keigo didn't dare to say anything, afraid of what Aizawa would do.
A sigh escaped the underground hero and he sat in front of Keigo who was looking at his lap, trying to keep his hands from shaking. "Keigo," Aizawa said softly, his heart breaking as he looked at Keigo and he suspected that the winged teenager was afraid of him.
"I couldn't save him from them, DadZawa." Keigo's voice was barely a whisper, but Aizawa was able to hear him. "I thought I could train more to be better."
"No, Keigo. I am sure you tried everything to help Touya."Aizawa said, remembering what Keigo told him in the morning before about what the villains did to them and how he tried to not let them take Touya to the torture room, but he couldn't stop them and he was punished for getting in their way. It was a miracle to let Keigo open up and tell him everything that happened, the winged teenager was silent the whole day, barely looking at anyone and never leaving Hitoshi's side.
"But it wasn't enough! I should have been faster and smarter!" Keigo's voice trembled despite his very best efforts. He didn't want to cry, crying is only for the weak.
But you are weak — a voice sneered into his mind, reminding him of every single time Mr. Asahi called him weak.
Weak.
Pathetic.
Stupid body, stupid, weak body.
"I should have helped him, DadZawa. I should have!" Wasn't he supposed to be a hero? So, why wasn't he acting as a hero? Why was he such a weakling? "I should have saved him and never let them torture him!"
It hurt Aizawa when he heard from Keigo that he and Touya were tortured by those sick bastards and Keigo refused to tell him all of the things these bastards did. If only Aizawa could return back in time, he would kill every single one of them, hell, he would even help Shigaraki with killing them. The heavy guilt that accompanied him throughout his whole life about not saving Oboro was worse than ever because after he promised himself that he wouldn't let anyone he cares about suffer, Touya and Keigo suffered. After all, he couldn't save them, because he wasn't fast enough and now Touya is with the league of villains and Aizawa didn't know how they are treating him.
"I should have done more, DadZawa," Keigo said in a broken voice.
And Aizawa could feel his heart shatter into a million pieces. He cares about them, he fucking cares and it hurt seeing life torturing them like that from a very young age. Both of them deserve everything good in life, but not this - never this.
He thought by ageing them back he would give them better memories, but it was the exact opposite; new awful memories on top of their memories were made and Aizawa couldn't erase them.
"It wasn't your fault, Keigo." It was his –Aizawa thought. He didn't know how to comfort Keigo, he wasn't used to comforting people, nevertheless, he pulled Keigo closer when the latter tried to draw back as if he was afraid of Aizawa – he pulled him until Keigo can hide his face in the crook of his neck, Aizawa's arms warm and safe around him even if they were trembling. God, he failed them, he let them suffer for the second time.
"Touya is not here," Keigo's voice broke and he gritted his teeth to hold back a sob, lips trembling and nostrils flaring as he struggled to speak. He sucked in a loud breath and exhaled tremulously. When he managed to find his voice again, his breathing was raspier and even more laboured. "I lost him again, DadZawa." Keigo wanted to tell him that he was sorry and that he was destined to ruin everything like how his father used to tell him.
"No, we didn't lose him," Aizawa said, tightening his hold on Keigo as if he was trying to hide him from the rest of the world. "I promise that we will find him." And save him to not be Dabi again. Aizawa didn't know if he would be able to face Dabi on the battlefield after learning that beneath this hating and malice, there is a boy who had been through a lot, a boy who is hurting and afraid. "I will find him." He continued, hoping that he wouldn't be too late and if he had to fight the whole league, he would fight them to save Touya.
Keigo and Aizawa sat in silence for a few minutes until Keigo's cries stopped and his hold on Aizawa relaxed, indicating that he fell asleep.
"Shoto," Aizawa called his student who was hiding in the shadows the whole time.
"Sensei," Shoto said, walking to where Aizawa and Keigo were sitting. He didn't know why, but he went to check on Keigo to see if he was alright or if something happened to him – call him paranoid or not, but after everything happened, Shoto didn't want to leave the winged teenager alone and he knew he would do the same if Touya was with Keigo. Besides, Keigo was the closest person to Touya and he knew everything about him even when they were adults. So, Shoto panicked when he didn't find him in his room and searched for him until he found him with his Sensei at the training ground.
Shoto sat down beside them when he approached them and silence enveloped the place because he didn't know what to say, he didn't know why he had stayed when he saw his Sensei with Keigo and knew that Keigo was safe.
Shoto looked at the dark sky as the silence stretched, hoping that his brother wasn't hurting and the league wouldn't do anything to him when they knew that he is Endeavor's son.
Shoto watched as the stars gleamed against the inky backdrop, the moon little more than a silvery scratch in the sky and he remembered a time when he and his siblings sat in the garden at night when their father was out of the city, listening to Touya explaining everything about the stars he knew, of course, Shoto didn't understand anything but he listened rapidly to what his older brother was saying. Their mother used to join them on these nights and these nights were the best nights for Shoto.
"Can I name a star after me, mama?" Fuyumi asked one day while they were sitting in the garden, gazing up at the sky and simply enjoying their time without yelling or fear.
Rei laughed as she handed each one of her kids a cup of hot chocolate. "What star do you want to choose?"
"But, Mama! I want to choose first."
"No, I asked, then I will choose first." Fuyumi stuck her tongue at Natsuo who pouted when she pointed at one of the stars. "This is Fuyumi!"
"And this Natsuo! It's bigger and more beautiful."
"They are all the same, Natsu." Fuyumi giggled and her brother glared at her.
"No, mine is better." He said proudly then he looked at Touya. "Touya, choose one."
"Ugh, do I have to?"
"Yes, Touya-nii!"
"Hmmm, what do you think, Sho? What star should I choose?" Touya said, looking at his youngest brother who was seated next to their mother.
Shoto looked at his mother hesitantly and she nodded at him. 'Choose for your brother and yourself.' She said in a quiet voice, but a small smile was on her beautiful face.
"This is Touya and Shoto." He said pointing at two stars near to each other after a few seconds of gazing at the stars to choose. "I want to be with Touya-nii." He said shyly and then hid against his mother's side.
"I want to be with Touya-nii too!" Natsuo whined and little Shoto giggled because he chose Touya first, then Touya will be with him.
"I will return Touya back." Shoto heard Aizawa saying, but he was still looking at the sky, hoping what his Sensei was saying is true. "I promise, Shoto. I will return him back."
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Breakfast next morning was tense and silent, the usual buzz and chatter weren't there as every student focused on eating what was on their plates, but occasionally glances were thrown at Keigo who was looking at his plate with a blank face, not moving or doing anything to start eating ‐ it was the same scene as yesterday.
Shinsou had dragged Keigo from his room hoping that the teenager would eat anything, but no, Keigo seemed as if he wasn't there – he seemed far away from the place he was currently in.
"Keigo," Shinsou sighed from beside the said teenager, but Keigo didn't reply because he didn't even hear Shinsou, he was still lost in his own poisonous thoughts. That he was the reason Touya got kidnapped again and if only he was stronger and faster, he would be able to save him.
When Keigo didn't respond, Shinsou placed his hand on his shoulder to grab his attention which made Keigo flinch violently and close his eyes tightly at the sudden touch, he expected for someone to hit him or punish him because of his failure and also the methods of the torture he endured at the hands of the villains still linger in his mind, touch only meant pain. "Sorry… I am sorry." He said fearfully, but when he opened his eyes, he didn't find the faces of his handlers glaring at him or the nasty grins of the villains as they hurt him or Touya – he only found the students of class 1-A looking at him with concern etched on their faces.
"I will fucking kill them." Keigo heard Bakugou muttering angrily and he couldn't stop the slight flinch. He knew that Bakugou's anger wasn't directed at him, but he was so afraid, weak and afraid.
"Keigo, are you okay?" Tokoyami asked worriedly.
Keigo didn't like people looking at him with concern and pity. He didn't like the way he flinched at every sudden sound and every sudden touch, it made him weaker.
"Don't ever show you are afraid or weak." Mr. Asahi's voice rang in his mind.
But Mr. Asahi is dead — his mind supplied. Don't listen to him anymore.
"It's alright to show weakness, Keigo. It's part of being human." Aizawa had told him that, still he couldn't help but to listen to Mr. Asahi's voice.
"Showing weakness is the worst thing for a hero. — heroes don't show weakness, Hawks! Get this through your stupid thick mind."
And Keigo did the thing he always did when he was afraid, even when he was with Aizawa, Touya, his handler, Lady Nagant and more importantly with the commission president, He schooled his expression, hiding his despair and cowardness as best he could. Hell, he even tried to force a reassuring smile for the students' benefit. "I am fine." Everybody knew that the smile that appeared on his face was fake and forced.
"Bullshit! —" Keigo couldn't suppress his flinching again at Bakugou's angry voice. The latter knew that nothing was fine, everyone was worried because of Touya's second kidnapping, and even he was worried about shitty Dabi (no, Touya. That's what Bakugou kept reminding himself.) He didn't want Touya to return back to being Dabi, that asshole, and he was worried about what the league of freaks were doing to Touya while they were here, eating breakfast as if Touya wasn't kidnapped by his shitty old self's friends.
If they only went with their Sensei to rescue Touya and Keigo, they would have rescued both of them — the whole class thought that.
"I said I am fine. Nothing wrong." Keigo said, cutting him off. The damn smile was still etched on Keigo's face as if he was some psycho or something; it was so creepy and didn't suit his face and it looked like Keigo always did this.
"Keigo," Bakugou levelled him with a look and he tried not to glare at him, but he failed miserably, he was so angry at what those assholes have done to the winged teenager. ( Hide your pain and don't show weakness. Fucking Smile even if you were in pain.) Bakugou used to think this before he went to U.A that heroes shouldn't show weakness around people or they will become a weak targets, but after befriending the extras and what Aizawa had told them, Bakugou now knew it's alright to show weakness around the people who care about you, around friends and family. "You are not okay, Keigo." He said, aware of his classmates' gazes, he briefly made eye contact with Shoto, then he looked at Keigo who was looking down at his lap and Bakugou was sure that his hands were trembling. "Hell none of us is okay. We are worried about Touya." Worried about Touya's safety and worried that he would become shitty Dabi again.
"Yes, Keigo, it is manly to not hide your sadness and not pretend that everything is alright when it's not," Kirishima added.
"But it will be alright when we find Touya," Midoriya said softly, looking at Shoto first and then Keigo who was still not looking at them. "And I am certain that Aizawa-Sensei and the heroes will find him."
Keigo listened to what the whole class were saying, words of reassurance and comfort, but still, he couldn't stop blaming himself for what happened. And what if they didn't find Touya? What if the other villains killed him before DadZawa found him? – the questions kept running through Keigo's mind that he missed what Hitoshi told him.
"Sorry, What?" He asked in a quiet fearful voice, looking at Shinsou, then looking at his lap again – Get a grip, don't be weak!
Getoutgetoutgetoutgetoutgetoutget– he kept repeating inside his mind, not wanting to hear Mr. Ashai's voice (Mr. Asahi who was dead now and Keigo couldn't save him. Did the villains kill him? – he asked no one, even though he wanted to ask.)
"I said you should eat, Keigo," Shinsou said worriedly. Even though Keigo was a year younger than them, he would still see him as the six-year-old Keigo and treat him like his little brother. Imagine treating adult Keigo as his younger brother – Shinsou thought.
"I am not hungry," Keigo said immediately. "Sorry." He didn't know why he was apologizing, but he had to apologize; it was what he always did when he messed up and it seemed he was causing everyone distress by how they were watching him.
"You haven't eaten anything since the night before, Keigo." Shinsou sighed.
"Do you think Touya would want you to stop eating?" It was Shoto who asked this question even though he hadn't eaten anything yet.
"Sorry," Keigo said again, as if 'sorry' was the only word that could come out of his mouth.
"Just eat something please," Tokoyami whispered to him, but Keigo shook his head, muttering sorry again and without saying anything else or even looking at anyone he stood up and left the kitchen to go to his room. He wanted to go to Aizawa, but he knew that Aizawa wasn't at U.A., besides, Keigo didn't want to appear as a clingy person and he didn't want to burden Aizawa with his insecurities.
The last thing he heard before he left the kitchen was Tokoyami saying that he would follow him, but all Keigo wanted was to be left alone.
Wallowing in his sadness alone without being a burden to anyone.
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Aizawa wasn't having a great day, it was a shitty, awful day. He didn't sleep since last night, thinking about how he is going to find Touya and how he is going to help Keigo, he thought about hiring a therapist for both boys (when they get Touya back and they will get him back) but how they will find this therapist, they needed a therapist who wouldn't run their mouth after the session to the press about the Pro hero Hawks and the villain Dabi residing in U.A. this whole time. The other problem was that All-Might dragged him, Nemuri and Hizashi to the commission building, but unfortunately he and All-Might were the only ones who will go inside, the other two will be staying in the car and be like some sort of a backup– Aizawa wished that someone else went with All-Might instead of him.
So, here he was driving, glaring at the road in front of him as All-Might tried to calm him down, (Aizawa really looked like a man who was about to do a murder spree.)
Yup, Shitty day as Aizawa predicted.
When they pulled up to the commission building, Aizawa was thinking about driving back to U.A.
Why did Nedzu come up with the worst ideas ever? It was like he was throwing Aizawa into a lions' den. Imagine murdering the previous number one hero and the underground hero Eraserhead in the commission's building, surely the commission president wasn't that stupid? Right? – Aizawa thought.
And he has Midnight and Present as backup, the plan was if they didn't come out of the building in an hour, both heroes would storm the building and call every pro hero (except Endeavor) to come and rescue Aizawa and All-Might.
"So, why can't we avoid all of this and ignore the commission president?" Aizawa grumbled after Nedzu told them his plan.
"It's a way to shut them up, Aizawa," Nedzu said before taking a sip from his cup of tea. "Besides, there will be an interested visitor there."
And Nedzu refused to tell them who this person was.
So, it was really a shitty day for Aizawa and surely inviting the man who killed a commission worker was a bad thing, right? And did he regret killing Asahi? No, absolutely not.
The two made their way to the front doors, after Nemuri wished them to have a good time and Aizawa glaring at her. Once inside, a huge man in a suit gestured for them to follow him without even greeting or anything.
"Shouta," All-Might muttered when he saw Aizawa glaring at the man.
Take a deep breath, then out — Aizawa reminded himself as the man led them to an elevator and both of them entered alone after the man pressed the floor button for them.
Silence filled the ride in the elevator, both of the men were aware of the camera in the corner, watching their every move and listening to everything they would say. So, none of them said anything.
After a few seconds, the elevator halted, and the doors opened. The two stepped out of the elevator and entered the commission president's floor.
Why the fuck they were here again? – Aizawa thought. He should be searching for Touya at this moment, not wasting his time on this nonsense.
The two were met by another man in a suit and were led by him to a large wooden door, the gold plate on the door showed that it was the commission president's office.
The man gave two knocks on the door and they entered after hearing a 'come in'.
The office looked like any other office and Aizawa wasn't interested in looking around, but anyway, he had to survey the area around them to know if someone would suddenly attack them.
Behind the big desk were a man and a woman: the woman was sitting on the chair while the man was standing beside her. Aizawa immediately recognized the man – he was the vice president who Aizawa had threatened before and at this moment he was glaring at Aizawa with so much hatred as if he could kill Aizawa with his glare.
"Gentlemen, please sit." The president said, motioning at the two chairs in front of her. "Thank you for accepting to attend this meeting, All-Might." And then she looked at Aizawa with a forced smile on her face. "And Eraserhead, it is a pleasure."
Jesus, Aizawa wanted to strangle her. What the fuck was wrong with this woman? He didn't sign up for this bullshit – Aizawa thought.
"The pleasure is all ours, Madame President, thank you," All-Might said politely, but Aizawa didn't say anything, he just gave her a bored look which made her and her vice president angrier at the underground hero.
Aizawa tuned out the conversation they were having ( why All-Might making small talks with her?– Aizawa thought), until the commission president's tone changed and she said. "You made an unauthorized attack by the hero commission, Eraserhead."
"You are wrong here, Madame president. I don't follow the commission's orders ‐" Aizawa said, looking at her with a blank, bored face.
"And you ally yourself with the league of villains," she cut him off sharply before he continued.
"What about you, Madame President? Working with villains to kidnap two innocent children just to bury your dirty work!"
"Hawks belongs to us! This would have been easier had he just come back when it first happened."
"His name is Keigo! And He doesn't belong to anyone!" God, Aizawa was getting more furious at every word that came out of her mouth, but he tried to suppress this anger and spoke in a calm tone. "He never belonged to you, you made the fucking contract with a child which is illegal!"
And the mission of spying on the league, how could they send a young hero like Keigo on an undercover mission to spy on one of the most dangerous groups of villains? Undercover missions need a lot of training and Keigo was still young for these kinds of missions.
"Watch your language, Eraserhead." The vice president warned, but Aizawa ignored, he just kept looking at the president who looked like she would explode at any minute.
Calm down, calm down, calm down — he kept repeating in his mind.
"Maybe, Shouta, if we just calm down for a minute, we can resume our meeting," All-Might said calmly, he didn't agree with what the commission had done to young Keigo and Touya, but at this moment, they needed to calm down and he didn't need any arguments – to let everything get solved peacefully.
"Yes, as All-Might was saying. We need to find a solution that will satisfy both parties." Madame president said and then she took a deep breath and then continued. "As Hawks is the commission's–"
"You are speaking about him as if he was a fucking object." Aizawa snapped.
"Shouta, please." All-Might grabbed his wrist and looked at him with a pleading look on his face. "Continue, please, Madame President."
"As I was saying," she said, glaring at Aizawa. "We should have Hawks as we were the ones who raised him and his legal guardian."
"Absolutely no, Madame President, we can't force young Keigo to return back to the commission," All-Might said, calmly. He had asked Keigo if he prefers to stay at U.A. or return back to the commission and the kid said that he wanted to stay at U.A. so, All-Might will respect his answer and will not force him to return back to the commission. Besides, All-Might didn't approve of how the commission raised Keigo.
The commission president knew that All-Might would refuse, so she smirked at the two in front of her and said. "You're harbouring an A-ranked villain with the students at U.A. imagine if all of this came out to the public. How will the parents of your students react?" She said, "We could not divulge this information in the exchange of Hawks. We don't want people to lose faith in U.A. after all. " the smirk came back to her face and she was sure that they would agree to what she was saying.
"Madame President, I am afraid you are not in a bargaining position at this moment. We don't want people knowing how the commission treats children and especially the Number two hero." All-Might fired back, a hint of warning laced in his tone. He was sure that Nedzu was still gathering information on how the commission treated children as if they were soldiers, All-Might didn't know how he was getting this information, ("I have my own ways– Nedzu had said.) "The public would take the words of the previous symbol of peace over anyone's words, Madame President." He said, calmly. "And as I said we can't force young Keigo to make a decision he didn't want."
"Hawks doesn't have the right to decide what is —"
"Let me say it again, Madame President, young Keigo doesn't want to return to the commission and we should respect his decision." All-Might cut her off, he was speaking calmly, but on the inside, he was filled with so much rage. "And if you pull off something like that again; allying yourself with villains to kidnap two innocent children and let them be tortured." His voice raised at the end, showing how angry he was. "I wouldn't be this merciful, Madame President."
Before the commission President said anything, the large wooden door of the office was opened and there stood one of the commission's men. "I am sorry, Madame president, she —" but before he continued, the man was shoved to the side by Rabbit hero; Miruko.
"Ugh, you started without me," Miruko said as she barged into the office as if she owned it.
And Aizawa's day couldn't get any more worse.
"What do you think you are doing, Rabbit Hero?" The commission president shouted from her place as she glared at the new intruder.
"I heard some news concerning my best friend, Madame President." She said as she approached the president's desk and looked directly at the president's face, not minding All-Might and Aizawa.
"We are in the middle of a meeting, Rabbit Hero. You don't have any authorization to enter this office at this moment."
"Do I look like I fucking care, Madame President?" Miruko raised one of her eyebrows as if saying that President was so stupid. "You kidnap my best friend and that Todoroki kid and you thought that I will let this slide like it was fucking nothing?" She said angrily — God, she really hated these commission's freaks. "And then demanding to have Keigo under your thumb again?"
"Rabbit Hero, enough! It doesn't concern you!" The president sneered at her.
"Oh, it concerns me when there is someone I care about involved." Miruko glared at her. "Now hear me clearly, Madame President, you won't touch a hair from Keigo or his little boyfriend." Jesus, she still can't believe that Hawks chose Dabi of all people. She is gonna have a serious talk with him when he grows older. "And if they are harmed in any way, you will have to face me." She tilted her head as her gaze was still on the commission president.
"Ah, Lady Miruko, we have established an agreement before you came that Madame president will leave Keigo and Touya to stay in U.A. and not disturb their stay," All-Might said, not wanting to escalate anything further. "And we were about to leave before you came, right, Madame President?"
The President of the commission looked at her Vice President and a silent agreement was spoken between them and then she returned back to the three people in front of her and said through gritted teeth. "That is correct, Rabbit hero. We have reached a satisfactory agreement."
"Thank you, Madame President. It was a pleasure meeting you today." All-Might said, a forced smile appearing on his face.
It wasn't a pleasure at all — Aizawa thought. Definitely not a pleasure at all.
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At night, Aizawa finally returned to U.A. he had been searching for Touya the whole day and dealing with Miruko, who demanded to visit Keigo as soon as possible, and then he had to go and finish his patrol. The only hour of sleep he got was at his home after telling the picture of Oboro everything happened as if Oboro would come out of the picture alive and tell him where he could find Touya.
He was so tired and wanted nothing but sleep and never woke up, but of course, that wouldn't be fair to Touya. He already felt guilty because he was here in U.A. not searching for Touya.
Aizawa hoped that the league were treating Touya well, he hoped that they were sane enough to not hurt their friend.
"DadZawa, you are here." He heard Keigo saying in a small voice as soon as he entered Keigo and Touya's room. The winged teenager was sitting on his bed for God knows how long and Aizawa was sure that Keigo didn't have dinner because Hitoshi told him that he retreated to his room before they even begin eating and the same thing with Shoto, the latter was also in his room, and thankfully Midoriya was with him to not let him be alone.
Keigo's knees were pulled up to his chest — like how he was sitting on the training field. But he was looking at Aizawa with his tired golden eyes. Seriously, no child should ever look like that.
Aizawa made his way to the bed and sat on its edge. "Yes, Keigo. I came to check on you." And of course, the kid wasn't doing well.
Silence enveloped the room as Aizawa waited for Keigo to say what was on his mind because he obviously looked troubled about something.
"Will you return me back to the commission?" Keigo asked softly after a few moments passed. He knew that Aizawa and All-Might met the Commission president today from what Hizashi had told the students and he kept worrying the whole day about if they would return him back to the commission, that they didn't want him anymore because he was too much to handle.
"You want to return back to the commission?" Aizawa asked instead of answering, watching as Keigo's hand trembled and he grabbed them to calm down the kid. He looked like on the verge of a panic attack.
Keigo frowned and he didn't know how to answer, he didn't want to return back but what if Aizawa didn't want him here?
Aizawa sighed for the millionth times today. "The choice is yours, Keigo. If you want to return to them or you want to stay. No one will force you to do anything." He said. "It's you who has to decide."
"I—" Keigo hesitated for a second, then he said. "I don't want to return to them." He didn't want to be punished for everything, he didn't want to be with people who didn't care about him or love him. He just wanted to stay with Aizawa and Touya and class 1–A because finally, they had shown him how to be loved and how to be appreciated. Keigo always thought that he would stay forever alone, but people at U.A. showed him that he was wrong, they showed him that he was worthy enough that they cared for him and accepted him with all his flaws and imperfections.
"Then, you are not going back," Aizawa said firmly. "No one is going to force you to do anything." And Keigo nodded, he felt relief at hearing the answer.
"Thank you, DadZawa," Keigo said softly and another silence filled the room — a comfortable silence.
Keigo had another question about if he was really Hawks and Touya was Dabi, but he didn't want to burden Aizawa again.
"Did you eat, Keigo?" Aizawa asked, cutting through the silence.
"No, I am not hungry."
"Keigo, you know you have to eat." Aizawa sighed. "C'mon, I haven't eaten either." He said, already standing up.
"But, DadZawa —"
"Let's go and eat something, Keigo." Aizawa cut him off, leaving no room for any argument.
And Keigo didn't say anything or do anything else except follow Aizawa to the dorms' kitchen.
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And the search for Touya on Friday wasn't successful, the kid was still missing and Aizawa feared that they would never find the league hideout and Touya will return back to being Dabi and on top of that, the ageing back will be on Sunday, Aizawa didn't know how the league would deal with that.
"Do you think I have lost Touya-Nii again, Midoriya?" Shoto's voice cracked at the end.
A shaky breath came out of Midoriya. "No, you didn't lose him. Touya will return, I am sure of this." He said, doubt already creeping into his mind.
Actually, doubt clouded some of the students of U.A. about Touya returning to U.A.
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It was on Saturday while Aizawa was on patrol and after chasing a villain who robbed a convenience store and arresting him that a very familiar dark purple fog materialised in front of him and Aizawa felt his heart beat louder than ever because he knew what this meant — the league was near.
He readied his capture weapon and took a few steps back and he was already sending an alert to Present Mic and the other heroes at U.A.
Aizawa watched as a body made out of a dark purple mist, wearing a very elegant suit with a tie and a metal brace that goes from around his collarbone to just below his eyes. Aizawa had never come face to face with Kurogiri and now the mist villain was staring at him with his glowing yellow eyes.
"Eraserhead," Kurogiri's deep calm voice filled the alley that both of them were currently in.
Attack! Attack! — the rational part of his mind screamed at him as any sane hero would do if they saw a B-ranked villain and a member of the league of villains.
"I am not here to fight, Eraserhead." The villain sighed and he spoke to Aizawa as if they were used to talking to each other for a long time.
Did the league think of him as some sort of an acquaintance now? Or someone who is not dangerous to them?
He knew that Kurogiri's quirk is wrap gate and the man can't do anything else except bring more members of the league, and where are the rest of the league? If they wanted to attack and kill, why was only Kurogiri there and the mist man only standing, doing nothing? Nevertheless, Aizawa activated his quirk to prevent the mist men from doing anything.
The mist man sighed again as he felt his quirk deactivating and the barrier that kept Shirkaumo Oboro was starting to shatter. He didn't have much time — Kurogiri thought.
"I just came in peace, Eraserhead," Kurogiri said, trying to suppress Oboro — stop using your quirk. He wanted to shout at Eraserhead, but he forced himself to stand calmly.
Let me out, let me out, please, let me out, let me out – Kurogiri could hear Oboro pleading the longer he stared at Aizawa, there was something tugging at his mind, something familiar and Kurogiri didn't know what it was.
"I am Shirakumo, nice to meet you, Shouta."
"Give me one reason to not arrest you at this moment," Aizawa said, he could see the signs of distress on the villain's face and besides, the heroes are approaching this place at this moment.
"We wanted to know your intentions concerning Dabi," Kurogiri said.
"My intentions?" Aizawa frowned because why was the villain asking him this? — does it mean that they will return Touya to him?, Aizawa thought.
"Yes, your intentions with Dabi. He speaks highly of you, Eraserhead." Kurogiri said. "Something he had never done to a hero before."
"You will let him go?" Aizawa asked, uncertainty laced in his voice because surely the league wouldn't leave someone of their own. Aizawa thought that he must fight them to take Touya from them, but it being this easy– something was wrong, definitely, the league needed something.
A sigh escaped from Kurogiri. He didn't have much time. "You will save him, Eraserhead?" He said softly.
"It is what I am already working on," Aizawa said immediately without any hesitation.
Was it supposed to be easy?
"We will return Dabi, but we only ask to save him; that's what we want," Kurogiri said. He wanted to save the rest of the league, all of them were hurt by society (abandoned and left alone) and now at least one of them would be saved like what Shigaraki Tomura said.
Aizawa didn't know whether what he was about to do was a stupid thing or not, but he deactivated his quirk and Kurogiri already knew the answer.
Dabi will be saved.
"I want a world with people living in it peacefully, no heroes and no villains. Just a peaceful world." The words flashed through Kurogiri's mind and he doesn't remember saying something like that before.
"Thank you, Eraserhead." Kurogiri bowed and then opened a portal to the league hideout and there he was coming out of the portal —
Todoroki Touya.
Aizawa wanted to run to him and pull him away from the villains, from anyone who ever hurt him, but Touya kept standing next to Kurogiri.
"Touya–" Aizawa said as he looked at the kid who he kept searching for ‐ who everyone was waiting for him at U.A.
"Aizawa," Touya said, looking at the ground. "Do you still want me?" He asked, still not looking at Aizawa and he closed his eyes tightly – he didn't want to be rejected.
"Yes, yes. All of us want you." Aizawa said, taking a step forward and then another until he stopped in front of Touya – Kurogiri had already stepped aside to give them some space, but he was watching their reunion.
And Touya, after hearing what Aizawa said, threw himself at Aizawa and hugged his waist tightly and hugged him, crouching to be on the same level as Touya's because Touya and Keigo are still shorter than his students and at that moment Aizawa's arms squeezed a fraction tighter and Touya breathed more slowly, his body melting into Aizawa's as every muscle lost its tension.
There is someone who still wants me – Touya thought in awe, there is someone who wanted to be with me, who wouldn't abandon me.
Aizawa heard the sound of cars' tires and the sound of the approaching heroes and he watched as Kurogiri opened a portal to escape. He really will let another member of the league escape again, he thought, and then he heard it —
He thought it was some kind of hallucination, just his mind playing tricks on him, but he heard the sound; despite being muffled, he heard it clearly and he felt his insides freeze —
"Shouta, please, help me."
It can't be, it can't be. This wasn't real – Aizawa thought frantically, but he was sure that he heard it. The voice was still the same, it didn't change from the last Aizawa heard it.
Aizawa tightened his hold on Touya and he could hear Hizashi calling him, but he felt like he was still stuck hearing that voice.
"Shouta, please, help me."
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Bonus :
If someone was near the abandoned lab, they would be able to hear the crazed giggles and laughter that echoed through it.
An old man stood in the middle of his lab, around his inventions and experiments was the cause of the giggles and laughter.
"Master," he said with a gleeful look on his face as he gazed at his late invention with so much love and admiration. He had felt so angry when Shigaraki Tomura threatened him and took his files – his precious work.
"Shigaraki Tomura discovered our plans," he said, speaking to the unmoving object in front of him that was hooked up with a device – it was so beautiful and wonderful for him. "But there is nothing to worry about, Master. Your loyal follower will end what you started."
And he laughed while Shigaraki Tomura was destroying the other abandoned lab.
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A/N : Can I hug Aizawa? I want to hug him, please *crying*
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