They all stayed there, all of 1-A, for what seemed like forever. This is all that they could do for their friend after all that has happened. They cursed themselves for being too weak to help.
"Don't cry... please don't cry Mr. Deku..."
It was Eri, she was crying lots just before, but her tears had already fallen. She walked through the class to Midoriya, he was on both knees with a steady flow of tears at this point, but all Eri wanted at this point was to be His hero. She walked up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her head into his shoulder,
"If you cry, then who'll stop me from crying..."
These words seemed to get straight through to Midoriya, hit some kind of string in his heart. A few seconds after she said this the tears stopped coming, and he slowly stood up, looking right at her, and a small smile appeared, a sad, relieved sort of smile.
"Thank you Eri... Thank you all." The rest of the class was on the verge of tears. "Lets go home... all of us together... and never forget today." His words were some's breaking point, most of the girls were crying quietly, sniffling, and a few boys too.
They all stayed like this for who knows how long before Aizawa and All Might made their way to the group. "I know that today's events were far from expected, so we're cancelling classes for all of next week. Your to stay at the dorms the entire time, if you need to go out somewhere then a pro or a teacher will accompany you, there is also the option to go with a class buddy. So please, take the rest of the day off..."
No body disagreed, they were all to worn out to deny Aizawa, so they all started heading back to their dorm.
- Time Skip Thursday -
Midoriya was less cheerful lately, he was always worn out when others saw him at least. Most of his time was spent in his dorm room and everyone that has went to check on him has been unable to get a response from him much less get past the door. At this point the class was extremely worried for Midoriya, they all knew something was up. He was usually up before anyone else to do morning workouts or something like that, he was always brimming with joy and happiness which is what everyone needed some more of.
Most of the class had gotten over the events of the USJ Incident (as it was now called), some more than others, but Midoriya was broken. Eri didn't sleep in his room this whole time, she was worried for him, but decided that he needed some alone time so she's been sleeping with Uraraka.
The class was all in the dining room eating their lunch (spaghetti n' meatballs) and enjoying one another's company, Eri and Uraraka were having a lovely chat as well, no one noticed the green haired boy grab a plate from the kitchen that they always left him. No one noticed until Uraraka and Eri noticed him making his way back up. They didn't say anything, they just stopped and looked to the empty seat at the table, picturing the smiling boy that they all knew and loved.
Todoroki noticed their sad and empty gazes and sighed, even he was having a tough time with it, Midoriya was the one who helped him after all, so why couldn't he help Midoriya? After lunch was finished, he approached Uraraka and Eri who was helping her load the dishes into the dishwasher.
"Oh, hey Todoroki! Whats up?"
"Midoriya."
"Oh, yeah..." She looked back to the dish she was washing.
"You haven't checked on him yet right?"
"I've text him, he's seen them, but he's never responded..."
"I think you should knock on his door."
"Why would it be any different than all the others Todoroki?"
"Because he loves you."
Uraraka heard these words, paused, then blushed hard before stammering out, "W-wh-what d-d-d-do yo-you m-mean l-l-love???"
"Well he's always happier when he's around you and Eri, sometimes its a sad happy, other times it's a longing gaze, and out of all the girls, he spends the most time with you. I don't know about you, but I'd call that love."
Uraraka stopped washing dished and relaxed her arms. "A... alright, I'll knock."
She and Eri finished up washing the dishes before Uraraka gently took her hand and led her to the elevator. They reached his floor and walked to his door. Uraraka looked at, took a deep breath, and gently knocked.
No sound...
"H-hey Deku kun... Its Uraraka and Eri..."
No sound... 'Wait... was that a shuffle? '
There was a slight sound followed by some shuffling.
"We're here... to see if your alri-" she was cut off by the door opening. Midoriya was a mess, his hair wasn't combed, he showered a little, but not too much, his room was a disaster and there was an aura of depression in the air. "Deku kun!" She spoke out of surprise, she didn't expect him to answer at all!
He took a step forward before rushing forward, "Dek-!". He pulled her and Eri into an embrace, he hadn't interacted with anyone up until now, 'But why? Why with us? ' They stayed like this for a while before Uraraka decided to ask. "Your feeling this way because you know what happens, right?" She felt him stiffed, relax, and nod. They released the hug and finally got a good look in his eyes, they were full of sorrow and death, these weren't the eyes of an innocent student, these were the eyes of a war torn man whose seen too much to recover.
He walked back to his room but didn't close the door, Uraraka decided it was a sign to show that it was okay to enter so Eri and her did. They closed the door and turned on the lights when they did, and walked to Midoriya who was sitting on the floor next to his bed, knees to his chest.
"Deku what hap-"
"You die."
There was a silence, "What do you mean?"
"I told you how Everlasting works, but I never told you how time resets."
"Thats right."
"I have to die for it to work."
"N-no way..." she can't imagine that, how many quirks did he have now? How many times has this person died? How many has he seen die?
"The last Run I had was the worst and the best at the same time... It ended with All for One, killing all my friends, all my family, everyone, then torturing me until I die. But, there was you."
'Me? What did I do? I didn't hurt him did I? '
"You made it bearable, the time we spent before... before he killed you before my eyes... we had a family, a kid, oh she was an angel, the best thing that ever happened to us... she shouldn't have died, but All for One decided that the greatest torture for me, was to make her death slow, painful, and all the worst things he could think of. That bastard tortured my own daughter to death before my eyes. He killed you quickly, but our daughter, she wasn't given such a mercy."
He stopped talking.
"We... we were married... I had a daughter...?" He nodded, "What... what did we... name her?" He paused looking at the ceiling, and answered.
"You wanted to name her Umi, after your favorite flower. A truly beautiful flower, she loved the winter the most, I guess it made sense since Umi also meant Winter... winter with you two, was heaven..."
A single tear ran down his face, and one ran down her own, she had never told him that Umi was her favorite flower, not yet, but he knew...
"Izuku. kun." He looked a little startled from that, she never called him that out loud, not this Run, "I-, I love you..." She said this quietly, but he heard it, she spoke it into her knees but he heard it. Those words were all he ever wanted to hear... "I want this family," She started crying, "I want you to love me," the tears grew steadier, "I want a daughter," she was looking right at him. "I want to spend the winter, with you, with Umi, with all of us...".
She closed her eyes, the tears were stinging her eyes, until she felt his hand wipe every tear away. When she opened her eyes again, he was smiling, there was no sadness, no pain, no deceit, just a happy smile.
"You don't know how long I've missed those words... Ochaco."
Midoriya was broken, most would think that he was beyond repair.
Midoriya had fallen, most wound't pick him up, they would only hurt him more.
Ochaco knew he was broken, so she started to repair him.
Ochaco knew he had fallen, so she knelt down to help him up.
When they Break they Fall...
When they Break you fix them...
When they Fall you pick them up...
When someone loves you... you better
Love them back with all your heart.
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