Inko Midoriya is a nervous wreck.

She doesn't remember the phone call she received about her son getting hurt. She barely remembers how she got to the hospital. If she thinks hard enough she thinks she got in a cab, and she thinks she threw her wallet at the driver instead of paying him. That doesn't matter. Her wallet can be replaced.

Her little boy is irreplaceable.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Midoriya, but we can't let you see him right now, he's in surgery, but as soon as he is out we'll let you know," someone tells her, but she can't remember who.

Inko wants to scream, but all she can do is cry. She hold onto her chest, sits down, and cries. She thinks about her sweet boy, how Izuku kissed her on the forehead and told her that he would be back soon. He told her not to worry about him, that everything would be fine. The mall was out of the ordinary he said. Everything was suppose to be okay now.

Yet now here she is, living out her worse fear. Izuku is hurt. She doesn't know how badly, or what happened, all she knows is that her baby is here and Katsuki is missing and...

This is too much now. Inko doesn't know how long she can hold on because she feels herself slipping...

Suddenly some taps her shoulder.

"Excuse me, but are you Midoriya's mother?"

Inko gets out of her head and literally jumps at the touch, she feels here muscles tense as she glances up. Through the tears she sees a young man sitting down next to her. She can't see who it is through the tears but she nods at the question.

"I am sorry we have to meet in such… Regrettable circumstances… But I am your son's classmate… My name is Tenya Iida."

The young man in front of her has a very strict and direct way of speaking, and for some reason it makes her feel calm. Inko whips her eyes, sniffs and instantly relaxes, "Oh, yes… Iida… Izuku has mentioned you before, you're one of his friends?"

Iida gives her a soft smile, "Yes. I respect your son greatly. He is an excellent student, hero, and friend. I would not be the person I am today if it wasn't for your son."

Inko smiles back, she feels herself crying, but being with her baby's friend is comforting, she whips her tears away, "I'm so glad. My Izuku… He's always had a hard time making friends… Thank you for being his friend. It means so much to me..."

"It's my pleasure."

Her son's friend speaks with his hands, every movement is stiff and robotic. Yet, there is a calmness about him, maybe its because for just a small moment someone is here to share the pain, and it makes it just a little bit bearable. Inko smiles at him, she enjoys this moment with Iida; she feels like she doesn't have to drown in her thoughts right now. Iida looks back at her as if he understands, and it helps.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Midoriya?"

The moment get interrupted as a man in a white coat approaches them. Inko realizes that the white coat means that he is a doctor and stands up. Iida stands up with her.

"I'm Izuku's doctor, and I wanted give you an update on his condition."

"Thank you… Please, can you tell me how he is." Inko feels like her eyes are becoming waterfalls, but ignores them as she eagerly listens to the doctor. She reaches for the hand next to hers and holds on, she hopes its Iida but she doesn't want to look away from the doctor to confirm. The hand is stiff, but it doesn't pull away.

"Izuku took serious damage against the villain that he faced. He took a major hit to the head, and due to the trauma he has received he's been having seizures. They have been manageable but it is something we are keeping an eye on."

Inko squeezes the hand in hers harder, and it squeezes back.

"His left arm was crushed with several broken bones but we were to realign his left arm. He'll have minimal scarring, but his ligaments have suffered from extreme deterioration, in both his arms. Which in my opinion is not so much from the attack on the villain, but from over use of his quirk.. His right arm… However… Well, I am sorry to be so frank with you Mrs. Midoriya, but the damage his right arm took is inconceivable…"

Inko can feel her feet cave from under her, but strong arms catch her before she falls. She knows she is near a chair and uses her arm to find the arm rest as the person holding her up guides her down. She realizes that it's Iida, but she can't find the words in her throat to thank him.

The doctor bends down, "I'm sorry for this news and I know it's hard to hear, but your son needs you to be strong for him, Mrs. Midoriya, do you understand?"

Inko nods and she feels an arm around her shoulder.

"His right arm will have excessive scarring, Recovery Girl will do the best she can to heal it, but, with all the recent injuries that he has suffered with that arm and hand on top of what happened tonight… I have to run some tests to be certain, but he may have permanent damage to his arms, I am not sure how severe, but we will need to keep him here at least for the next day for testing."

Inko cries. She knows she needs to keep listening but she can't stop the tears from clouding her vision.

Her baby boy… He was fine only a few days ago. He gave her a hug and a kiss goodbye.

Now… he's in a hospital bed, with permanent damage to his arms…

She doesn't think her heart could take it.

"I know this is very hard to hear, but, your son will be alright. He's alive. He is out of surgery now, he's sleeping, and you'll be able to see him. Only you for right now I'm afraid. I'll go check on him and have a nurse come get you in a few minutes, okay?"

"Y-Y-Yes… T-T-Thank you…" Inko barely gets the words out.

The doctor gives her a small smile, before he stands up and walks away.

Inko doesn't know if the tears will ever stop, but she feels the weight of Iida as he gently rubs her arm, and it helps… it helps a little bit.

Inko just wants to see her Izuku…

A nurse stops at the doorway, "Recovery Girl just finished treating him, so he'll be sleeping for a while I'm afraid. You can go in and see him, and if you have any questions please let us know."

"Thank you for everything," Inko puts on a brave face.

The nurse gives her a smile and walks away.

Inko has been waiting for this moment to see her son, but her feet don't allow her to move. She hesitates, fidgets, looks around at everything but the door ahead of her. Inko knows she needs to walk inside, she needs to see her son but fear paralyzes her.

She wishes for someone to be there for her, as her mind suddenly remembers that she needs to call her husband. Guilt hits her stomach, she knows she is a terrible wife to not keep her spouse informed of their son. Inko will call him after she walks through that door. She almost wishes she asked Iida to come, but he had already been so helpful and she didn't want to burden him. She knew Iida was already worried about Izuku, and she didn't need him to worry about her too.

She takes a deep breath, and in one movement she opens the door.

The only sounds in the rooms are the machines as the beep every few seconds. Everything is white; the walls, the sheets, the curtain, the blankets, the pillows, the casts… The only shade of color is Izuku's curly green hair poking through the bandage wrapped around his head.

Izuku's eyes are shut, but he is breathing. His chest is rising and falling as he sleeps, the machines beeping along with him.

Inko feels her heart stop, she has seen her son sleeping a million times before but now it feels so different and she can't help but to feel the weight of her shoulders loosen because Izuku is here and breathing and alive.

Her feet move on instinct, and before she realizes she is clasping her son's head close to her and she cries. She cries and cries and she doesn't know if it will ever stop.

Her son is alive.