⇢︎ Filler Chapter || A slight detour from the plot
⇢︎ Y/n spending his time with his parental figures
Although yes, Y/n is technically alright to walk around and even move on his own. Karasuma and many others thought that it would be best that Y/n were to stay at the hospital for a little while longer just to check that he was recovering correctly.
Doctors and nurses have expressed their surprise in Y/n with how well he was tolerating the pain. Hell, even when Y/n accidently reopened the burn wound and starting bleeding, he didn't even notice that he was bleeding in the first place. It kinda freaked them out a little bit.
E class have of course went out of their way to visit Y/n whenever they could and give him lots of gifts and talked about what they did that day. Y/n was said to only be in the hospital for a few days since it was clear that Y/n was fine and didn't need any more precautions from the hospital he was staying in.
In fact, the doctors said that all Y/n needed was for his bandages to be changed every now and then, other than that he was free to leave. Of course, Karasuma took up the responsibility on taking care of Y/n and monitoring him whenever he could. And he also took the responsibility on telling Y/n's guardian about the accident. Karasuma can only wish for the best for Y/n when the guardian finally looks at his voicemails.
Y/n stared at the window besides his bed, watching the ocean below crash against the shore before turning white and returning to the deep blue sea. He held onto his teddy close to his chest. Honestly, Y/n didn't care that he was injured. He got hurt while protecting a friend, and he was able to see the ocean in person, and he was okay with doing just that in life.
However, sometimes, Y/n wishes that his life was free enough so that he could open his own shop for people like him. It was his dream after all.
In the beginning, the doctors only allowed guardians and parents to see Y/n. However, since Y/n's guardian was on a different island, completely out of reach from Y/n, Karasuma was the acting guardian that Y/n had. Karasuma didn't say anything about it, nor did he dislike the title of being Y/n's guardian.
Karasuma doesn't like getting attached to objects or people. He doesn't usually even interact with co-workers or assistants purely because he doesn't want to get attached to them. So, what makes Y/n so different from all those people? Was it because he was merely just a child? Or was it because of all the time he spent with Y/n?
Karasuma remembers the words that Y/n's guardian said to him. 'Do not get attached to Y/n, he will suck the life out of you. Do not get Y/n attached to you, he will be nothing but a nuisance.' And Karasuma did believe those words, until he officially met Y/n in person. He was naive about the world around him, yet almost aware of everything that was going on.
Y/n was talented, and Karasuma could see that, he wanted to praise that part of Y/n. No matter how much his brain says to ignore Y/n, to focus on the mission on hand, Karasuma's heart said to protect Y/n from the evil in the world, and to care for him like he was his own child.
Karasuma wasn't the best with kids, he knew this, but he worked wonderfully with Y/n. It may be because of their personalities but Karasuma just couldn't see Y/n as anyone else's child besides his. Honestly, if he were given the chance to, he would adopt Y/n without a second thought. However, he knows that might never happen.
"Karasuma?"
Karasuma slightly flinched at the sound of his name being called. He looked up and noticed a confused look on Y/n's face as he tried to solve a puzzle that he brought for Y/n's entertainment.
Y/n shifted the box puzzle upside down and side to side. "How... How do I do this?"
Karasuma's eyes couldn't help but shine when Y/n asked for his help. He gave a small invisible smile as he moved closer to Y/n's side. "Not sure, have you tried this way?" He said as he and Y/n worked on the puzzle together, chatting softly.
'Y/n is a curious kid,' Karasuma thought as he continued to play with Y/n. 'If anything, Y/n's mentality may be younger than the others in E class. However, with how his guardian is treating him, he was forced to be more mature his age, hiding away the kid side of himself that he needs to experience.'
Karasuma glanced at Y/n's concentrating face as he was solving the puzzle bit by bit. 'Y/n is a good kid, talented, smart, and everything that a parent would want in their child, but Shiro doesn't see that. They say not to get attached to the monster that Shiro assigned the mission to, but I do not see one.'
A click was heard, and a bunch of paper flowers popped out of the box puzzle. Y/n's eyes lit up at the colors and he smiled. He turned to Karasuma with an excited look on his face as he showed off all of the paper flowers that the box contained.
"Mr. Karasuma look! I did it!" Y/n cheered with a closed eyed smile.
'All I see is a kid trapped in a cage too small for him...' Karasuma gave Y/n a soft smile as he nodded and carefully patted Y/n's head. "Yeah, you did. Good job, Y/n."
'...and the key is being held by the person he is supposed to look up to.'
- ☽ -
Irina's eyes were lowered as she looked closely at the stitches she was making. She was currently making a blanket for Y/n, hand stitched and everything, because she knows how much Y/n was sensitive to touching things.
Although Irina could've went out and buy a blanket, none of them seemed to fit right to her. They were either too big, too small, too soft, not soft enough, icky to the touch, or something that just didn't fit Irina's ideals at all. So, she decided to stitch one up herself.
Being a woman of many talents, Irina knows how to stitch the perfect blanket for her favorite student, but why was it so hard for her to feel satisfied with her work? The stitching was off, the color is wrong, or the softness was odd. She just... wanted the best for Y/n.
When Irina had heard that Y/n was sent to the hospital, she was frozen. An unknown feeling clouded Irina's mind and heart, and it was aching. She knows this feeling. It was dread. A fear that she was going to lose Y/n, a fear that she was never going to see Y/n ever again. And it scared her.
Irina went into this mission despising Y/n. She was told that he was nothing but a selfish brat and a monster that could not be tamed. Y/n's guardian made it very clear that she was to not let him get attached to her at any cost. However, is seemed like she had gotten attached to Y/n.
Y/n was just a kid with snarky remarks. He was nothing of a monster, or nothing that deemed him unworthy of love. If anything, Y/n was like one of those neighborhood pranksters that was too shy for his own good. At least, that's what Irina concluded.
Irina knows she gotten attached to Y/n. Their little arguments, when Y/n would accidently fall asleep in the teacher's lounge and Irina would have to put a blanket over him so that he would be comfortable, and even when they would go on small sweet runs with Karasuma's money. Her time with Y/n made her realize that Y/n was just... Y/n, a kid with a sharp tongue.
Irina let out a small sigh as she looked to her side, seeing Y/n sleep in the hospital bed. Her eyes softened at the sight of him. Carefully, Irina caressed Y/n's head in a soft caring manner; like how a mother would caresses her child.
'Is this the monster that I should be worried about?' Irina thought to herself as Y/n leaned in closer to Irina's hand. 'This is no monster. This is a kid, a kid that I will protect from this world we call home...
'Y/n, I promise you, you are not a monster. You are the sweetest boy I have ever met...'
- ☽ -
Koro-sensei visited Y/n during the night. He didn't want to spoke the doctors and nurses of his appearance after all. Besides, no one was supposed to see him in the first place. However, that didn't stop him from visiting Y/n, his student, and checking to see if he was alright.
Koro-sensei would give Y/n lessons on what he missed that day, and Y/n would listen intently, gazing up at his teacher with a shine of amazement. At first, Koro-sensei thought that he was imagining things, but, in the dark of night, he can now see that Y/n truly does see him as a teacher, and not someone to be afraid of.
Koro-sensei wants nothing more than to make sure that his students grow and develop into fine men and women for the future, and that means he wants that for Y/n too. Despite having disagreements with Shiro, Koro-sensei will not take out his anger on Y/n, no matter how close Shiro is to Y/n.
Koro-sensei is a teacher, but he was human first. He knows that living with a person like Shiro for as long as Y/n had would not have been a peaceful childhood. All Koro-sensei wants for Y/n, is for him to know that Y/n is safe with him. Y/n doesn't have to friends with him, he doesn't even need to respect him, all Koro-sensei wants is that Y/n should feel safe around him, at the very least.
"Koro-sensei," Y/n spoke as he looked up at the stars from his hospital room's window. "Do you think that I would be able to open my own shop one day?"
Koro-sensei, although was slightly taken aback by Y/n's question, looked up at the stars that Y/n was looking at too. "I believe that with your type of determination, you would be able to do anything you want to do in the future, Y/n," he said. "You are a kid with many talents, you can do anything above and beyond. All you have to do is put your mind to it."
Y/n's eyes shifted from the stars to his teacher. He gave a small smile as he looked down at his teddy down at his lap. "Okay... Thank you, for believing in me."
Koro-sensei softly patted Y/n's head, his usual smile seemed to be soft as he looked at his student. "Just remember to believe in yourself too, okay?"
"Yes. I'll make sure I will, in the future. I'll show you, my shop with be known to all of Japan!"
Koro-sensei couldn't help but chuckle. "I'm sure you will. I'll always watch over you, my student."
- ☽ -
Y/n was a hopeless child, he knew that. He dreamed of a future he knows that he will never have in his life. He hoped that the person he once called his father would return to his normal ways, but, of course, that was never going to happen. Just like that little shop that Y/n wanted.
Y/n's throat tightened, the feeling of wanting to cry stuck in his throat and making his eyes water up. He gave soft sniffles here and there as he tried his best to keep the noise to a minimum. After all, he was currently on a call with Shiro.
"...So you almost got yourself killed?" Shiro asked from the other side of the phone, his voice unexceptionally stern, yet soft, at the same time.
"Yes, sir..." Y/n mumbled, scared - no - terrified with what Shiro had to say to him.
Shiro took a moment of silence, as if thinking about what he was going to say. However, the silence was sickening to Y/n. Y/n held his breathe, his hiccups beating harshly against his chest as he tried to swallow down a whimper.
Finally, Shiro spoke. "Are you hurt?"
"Just a burn on my back..."
"Did you damage your teddy?"
"No, sir, I left it before... that..."
Shiro let out a small hum in understanding. "Alright... How much longer are you going to be out there?" He asked.
"Um..." Y/n stuttered a bit. "Just... Just a little over a week, I think."
"Do you think your health would be better after that week?"
"Yes, sir, the doctors said I should be fine."
Shiro's voice seemed to have shifted. "Good. When you come back, your training will double, you hear me? If you were knocked out by a simple explosion than you aren't working hard enough. More training is required, and I will not hear anything but a yes sir from it. Do you hear me, Y/n?"
Y/n's breathing shuttered. He took a deep breath as he curled up. "Y... Yes sir..."
"As to be expected. I'll be picking you up personally when you return. Goodnight, and don't get into any more trouble." Then, Shiro hung up the phone.
Y/n let out a small whimper. He clutched onto his teddy bear close to his chest as he sobbed silently. He dropped the phone onto the bed as tears overflowed his eyes and covered his sight in murky clear water. The tears were salty, and stung Y/n's eyes, but he did not make a move to wipe them away. Instead, he laid on his side and curled up into a ball.
What Y/n truly wanted wasn't to own his own shop, it wasn't to call his guardian father, it wasn't to have everything go back to normal, it was to finally be free of the restraints that he put himself in. Y/n is a hopeless child in need of freedom. A monster that was in a cage too small for him, with a dream that will never come true.
Y/n just wonders if he could ever feel the sense of love he had when he was a child. He wonders if he was just as unlovable as the sisters and mothers said he was when he was in the orphanage. He wonders if he was just a child that was never meant to be born in this world.
Y/n wonders if he can even survive in this world he's supposed to call 'home'.