Slight Spoiler in this chapter ((em serry))

Chapter 21: Of Sunshine and Dead Eyes

"Why are you crying, Aragaki Chiharu-san?" His menacing and husky voice rang in her ears. The fresh air that had surrounded her a while ago turned into suffocating smog. She didn't want to turn in the direction of the voice because she knew that once she did that, she'd be held captive by those bloody crimson eyes; ready to pierce her any moment.

Her throat became parched as her fear swallowed her whole. Although she wanted to crawl towards the exit and find help, she couldn't. Her lower body was completely unresponsive. The next thing she knew everything was floating and pointing towards the guy seated at the window.

Help me!

Anyone…

Help…

"That's not nice of you… Do you really hate me that much?" He deadpanned, smirking at her sadistically from the other side of the room. Upon seeing the floating objects, he wanted to laugh at how pathetic this girl's attempts to harm him were.

"D-Don't come n-near me!" She tried to back up her words by flinging one of the chairs at him. Unfortunately, Tomura had dodged it perfectly, placing his fingers on its legs and turning it to dust. Afterwards, he sent another chair flying towards her that she barely dodged. A loud crash was heard throughout the room, sending a shiver down her spine.

"Do you really think you can defeat me with this stuff? Come on, take this seriously, Aragaki Chiharu-san. After all, I am serious about you." He teased, putting his hands on his hips. Oh, how he loves to see how she squirms in fear.

Fear completely enveloped her body as she slowly realized that she could never beat him in her current situation. Mustering up all the courage within her, she screamed, "Help me! Anyone! Help!"

"It's useless. I've sent them all to hell. There's only you and me, right now. Don't worry, I'll make sure that you'll have a blast."

Adrenaline coursed through her system as a fight or flight instinct told her to get the hell up and run away with her tail between her legs. Nothing else mattered, she had to get away. As tried to carry the weight of her legs towards the door, a part of her already knew that she wouldn't make it.

"Come on legs! Move!" She pleaded, desperately trying to force herself to move. Her legs still wouldn't respond to her call. She can feel her sweat drench her skin, the throbbing of her eyes, the ringing screams vibrating in her ears, and the thumping of her heart against her chest. Her fingers are curled into a fist, nails digging into her palm. She can hear her rapid breathing; the oxygen flooding in and out of her lungs. She is desperate to escape from this nightmare. She is desperate because of her dumb legs. Fear tortures her guts, churning her stomach in tense cramps. Fear engulfs her conscience, knocking all other thoughts aside. Fear overwhelms her body, exhausting her.

Tomura giggled in excitement, walking towards her rhythmically. Each tap of his foot on the ground makes her heart beat faster than ever. She wanted to plead, scream and cry at anyone. Sobbing miserably in place, she didn't noticed that Tomura was behind her and with no hesitations pulled her up. Ignoring the pain lingering on her hip, he propped her up against the cream colored wall. Hitching her breath to calm herself, her loose shoulders shook, her hands hanging low, making no attempt to conceal or even wipe away her own tears. She stared deeply into the white wall in front of her, as if poking holes into it. Aside from her reddened face she was so grey looking and her hair was as disheveled as the park under fall leaves.

"Let's have a friendly chat, shall we?" He murmured, crouching in front of her to look into her lifeless eyes. Although, he started the conversation, he couldn't help but notice how terrified she was. Chiharu couldn't speak a single word. The villain who had wreaked havoc on her entire life was right here, before her. Tension grew in her face and limbs, her mind replaying the last attack. Her breathing became more rapid, shallower.

"You know, you should be more thankful that I'm here. I saved you, you know?"

Saved…?

"D-Don't give me that bullshit!" She tried to voice out her opinion despite the lingering fear within her. There's no way she could believe what this atrocious man is saying. Because of him, her whole life was ruined, crushing her dreams to ash.

"I… don't hurt me… please…"

He whispered into her ear, "I won't. After all, you're a comrade. "

C-Comrade?

What is he thinking?

"I have a simple proposal for you."

Her eyesight became blurry, but not because tears were welling up. Everything became fuzzy; then she saw nothing at all. Her consciousness was floating through an empty space filled with a thick static. Throughout the inky space her heartbeats pounded loudly, echoing in her ears, alongside fading pleas for help. Then in a split second, everything went black.

"Become a traitor, Aragaki Chiharu."

As long as you've got a manly spirit, then quirks don't count for anything…

Don't be stupid. For normies like us becoming a hero's not even in the picture…

Is that really true?

"The train is arriving at Shizouka Station in a few minutes. Please secure your luggage and get ready to unload."

Eijirou looked through the glass window of the train, heaving a deep sigh. Ever since the when he was frozen in his own tracks, unable to save the girls being attacked by a villain right in front of him had really taken a toll on his mental state. Maybe he should just drop the whole U.A idea. It was a pipe dream anyway.

I'm imagining things again…

There's no way I can go there.

When the train's door opened, he immediately snapped out of his thoughts and hopped out of the train. Eventually, he found his feet carrying him towards the Shizuoka Hospital where his grandmother is confined.

His deep black hair straddles with the heavy atmosphere within him while his eyes tried to look over the hospital that he needs to go to. Carrying the burden of his thoughts, he didn't noticed that he's already within the boundaries of the said hospital. When he noticed that a frown escaped from his lips, he clasped his sturdy hands to his cheeks; waking him up from his deep emotional thoughts.

"Come on, Eijirou. It's not the time for being such a dull guy. You have to put a smile!" He encouraged himself by going to the nearest transparent glass within the vicinity of the hospital and stretched out a giggly smile across his lips. As much as he wanted to try and be a happy person when he visits his grandmother, he can't put an act. He was caught up by the recent happenings that he lost the desire to be such a jovial boy.

Sighing from his ridiculous practice, he entered the hospital and went towards his grandmother's room. Along the way, he heard a loud noise coming from a certain room. Curious about the screaming lady in that room, he tried to snoop around the cause of the sudden ruckus.

"Let go of me! Let go! The villain is—!"Chiharu screamed at the top of her lungs, struggling from the grips of Izuku and some nurses. It picked Eijirou's interest right on the bat when she mentioned about the villain. Somehow, it made him a bit scared when he heard about the questionable villain attack that he didn't noticed at all.

"Chi-chan, it's not true! It's a dream! You were leaning on the wall within the floor when we saw you! Plus, the staff didn't heard a single noise coming from your room! There's no footage in the CCTV cameras as well!" Izuku tried to explain himself, pushing his weight towards the panicking girl.

"No, no. It's true, you're all lying. Hurry the villain might attack you… anyone in this room… Please, believe me—"

"Chi-chan, stop it! Please!" Izuku yelled back, "You're hurting yourself… please… stop…" Even though he tried to put an act to stop her from these things, Izuku couldn't help but let tears flow from his eyes, seemingly, sending her a message to put a halt to this mess. It was his first time to gather a great amount of courage to yell at her. Upon noticing that he is serious about his statement, Chiharu's arms slacked away from their grips, looking so depleted from all the commotion she did. Biting her lip in frustration, she lost all the nerve to fight back, "Sorry…"

Eijirou immediately left the scene. The information about the villain is hoax but he saw something great which made his manly heart emotional for a while. Just imagining the people who are trying to make things better for their sick relative is something he couldn't surpass. As he was again thinking about the commotion, he didn't noticed that he was already in his grandmother's room. Sliding the room open, he began to enter the room and greet her with the smile that he practiced a while ago.

"Good Morning, Grandma!" With a hefty grin plastered within his lips, he made his way towards the chair beside her bed and sat on it. Although, he tried his best to put a façade, she could see how he wanted her not to worry. However, she decided to ride with his flow and return back the vibrant smile to him.

"Good Morning, Eijirou. How are you doing?" She greeted back, and as soon as she did, Eijirou began to pull out some fruits out of his bag for her, "I have lots of things to tell you!"

His talk with his grandmother made him exhausted for a bit. He told her about his experiences in his life and how he manage to compensate these events with his manly heart. Although, he tried to brighten the atmosphere between them, he hid his secret from his grandmother about his wavering decision.

Sighing to himself, he began to walk around the garden of the hospital to clear his mind. The garden is filled with patients playing all around whether old or not. Seeing these people made him warm, he really wanted to be a hero but all those 'wants' cannot be accomplish when he himself isn't that capable.

Meanwhile, Izuku and Chiharu decided to roam around the garden to calm the young lady down. She is in a wheelchair, slowly looking around her surrounding with deep lifeless eyes. As for Izuku, he assisted her by pushing her wheelchair while talking about lots of things to reminisce. Although, the curly green-haired guy is a crybaby, he wanted to be strong enough to support her friend who is suffering about the news concerning her health. They stopped in front of an under reconstruction site with some workers working on it.

"Chi-chan, do you want something to drink?" He crouched beside her, flashing another grin to soothe her out. The only thing she could manage to reply is a slight nod to him, and off he went. Dashing out form her place, he made his way towards the nearest vending machine to pull out some coins for her favorite strawberry milk.

Compensate with my manly heart? Not even my heart's up to snuff. I don't even jump to the fray when others are in trouble.

I'm not a man…

Or anything else…

Forget being a hero… I am not even man…

Suddenly, the ladder that the worker left in front of Chiharu started to shake and fall over her. The workers are all shocked from the series of events that they only manage to blurt out their warning against the girl. On the other hand, Eijirou is brought back to reality when he heard all the yelps coming from the bystanders as he witnessed that the familiar girl is about to get crush by the ladder.

"Hey, that girl! Watch out!" One of the workers warned her.

Izuku, who happened to buy a carton of strawberry milk from the vending machine, suddenly jolted upon the said ruckus; only to see a large ladder about to hit his best friend. Broadening his eyes in pure shock, he began to race towards her as he call her out, "Chi-chan!"

"Izu-chan?" Then, her eyes rolled over to the falling ladder against her as if everything went slow motion to her. Meanwhile, Eijirou noticed everything. From the moment her lifeless eyes flickered up to the time that she accepted her fate. He hated how she treated herself as hopeless. Tightening his fist together, he wanted to save the girl but his legs aren't moving at all. He was scared that everything might repeat again. He's scared to commit mistakes again. He's scared to the fact that he might fail to save her.

"Chi-chan!" Izuku's horrifying scream echoed throughout the gardens. Upon hearing his yelp of help from afar made Eijirou earn the courage to move from his frozen space; reminding of himself about his own ideals and reasons of his dreams. As for Chiharu, she heaved another deep sigh, just witnessing the falling ladder to her made her feel that she's back in that night. To be honest, she is tired and wants everything to end but that doesn't mean that she'll leave without making things right. When she's about to activate her psychokinesis when some unfamiliar guy launches himself towards her and braces themselves from the impact.

Eijirou and Chiharu both landed on the dusty ground. Luckily, he is able to activate his hardening for them to have a swift landing, avoiding some scrapes. His strong arms enveloped her petite body, which is why she didn't have any minor injuries. Even though that happens within a snap, Chiharu couldn't help but be surprise by the whole ruckus.

"Don't…" Eijirou rises from the ground as well as sitting her straight. Then, for a split seconds, he gripped upon her shoulders and strikingly meets her purple orbs, conveying a message to her, "Don't treat life lightly!" Having his quirk still activated, she noticed how amazing his hardened features are. Eventually, upon meeting his striking red eyes, she knew that the fire within his eyes managed to knock her up to her sensess. A slight nod is all she can ensue as she pointed something at his back, "I manage to activate my quirk…" Turning his eyes behind him, he saw that the ladder is floating by itself that's when he jolted back to her with a confuse look, "I have psychokinesis as a quirk."

It was then he realized that what he did is utterly useless. "A-Ah! S-Sorry! I really thought that I—Ahh, damn it! I'm so uncool!"

That's when Chiharu giggled for the first time within the day, it made him stop from his unnecessary excuses and gazed upon the young lad. A calm smile escaped from her lips, reaching over his hardened face, "You're totally cool with a quirk like this."

"E-E-Eh!? I-I-I!"

"A-A-Ahh! So-Sorry!" It took Chiharu seconds before she retreated her hands from his face, blushing furiously in her current state. Somehow, her heartbeat echoed in her ears. It beats so loudly that it seemed to want to escape her chest, to flee from her.

"Chi-chan, sorry! Are you alright?!" He exclaimed, "Thank you so much for saving her!"

"N-No, I didn't do anything aside from causing trouble."

"But still, you saved her. What if she didn't activate her quirk on time? I'm also completely useless that's why I am thanking you for your heroism!"

Heroism?

But I didn't do anything…

"Uh, err. Can you stand?" Eijirou asked, offering her a helping hand which she replied with a sheepish smile. Her hips are aching for a bit when they landed but still she tried to accept his helping hand and exert her strength to stand, which she utterly failed when her legs didn't respond to her call. This made the black-haired man confuse for a while when he tried to pull her to him.

"Chi-chan, don't force yourself." He told her then gaze upon Eijirou, "S-Sorry but she has a problem with her legs."

"O-Oh, I see! So-Sorry for being too oblivious!" He politely apologized wrapping his arms towards her as he sweep her away from the ground. With his arms under her legs and arms, he began to talk to Izuku on how he wanted to help her. As he was carrying her, he noticed that she is too light for a normal teen age girl, making him frown. Moreover, it elicited his curiosity about this girl. He carefully placed her back to the wheelchair, smiling back to her.

"Well then, I have to go back since my grandmother is looking for me." He was about to turn away from them, going back towards her grandmother when he felt someone tugging the hem of his shirt. When he glanced over that person, it turned out to be Chiharu, gazing at him directly.

"U-Umm. What is your name?" She asked, hoping for an answer.

"Kirishima Eijirou!" He introduced himself, happily grinning towards her.

"This is Midoriya Izuku, my childhood friend. I am Aragaki Chiharu."

"Oh, I see."

For a split second everything went silent among them. Fidgeting within her seat she started to clear out the awkward atmosphere, "Ummm. Can we be friends?"

"Huh?"

"A-Ah well," Izuku blurted out, seemingly trying to continue the conversation, "We know that it's out of the blue. But Chi-chan is a friendly person plus maybe, she wanted some sort of connection between the two."

Eijirou didn't hesitate and answered back, "Well then, of course! I'm glad that you wanted me to be part of your circle of buddies!"

A bright tingling smile escaped from her lips, giggling over the fact that she made another friend, "Since we're friends, can I give you a nickname?"

"Nickname?"

"Eiji? How does that sound?"

"E-Eiji, that's cool! Well then, can I call you by your first name? Since we're buddies and such!" Eijirou then glanced over Izuku, "You too, feel free to call me any names you think of!"

"Of course!"

"Kirishima-san is truly a nice person!" Izuku placed Chiharu in her bed smoothly as he fixed the ends of the blanket for her. However, ever since Chiharu got back she hasn't uttered a single word with him, making him a bit worried. But after the awkward atmosphere that they made, she finally spoke out,"Izu-chan, with my current situation, does that mean that I cannot walk anymore?"

Her question caused him to stagger a bit, thinking of the possible good answers that he might come up. But the way she waits for his answers only points out that she needs to know the truth. In that case, he couldn't resist how she manages to make him spill everything.

"It's not that. You have the possibility, probably. But I think it will be hard and it won't just cover a few months. I mean, it will take years for you to be able to walk." He explained in sugary words, gently patting her back.

"Then, what should I do? I don't want to give up my dream as simple as this. Eiji taught me something. With the way he rescued me and tells me to cherish my life, I felt rejuvenated and start over." She paused, meeting his eyes, "I really wanted to become a hero."

"The doctors said that you can have a surgery but that surgery will be risky to you so your legal guardian didn't allow it."

"Isn't it Mitsuki-san? I think that they'll agree with that possibility."

"Well, it wasn't them."

"Huh?"

He further explained in detail, "Apparently, someone took care of the liberty to be your legal guardian. According to Bakugou-san, your parents entrusted that person to look after you when they're gone. So, it took a lot of time to have the papers be ready for having you in that person's care."

At this point, she's puzzled with the way things are going. Well, she's asleep for six months so she should be expecting these kind of outcomes, "Do you have the idea? Who could that be?"

"I really don't have the clue. I haven't seen that person ever since you've been hospitalized."

"Are you truly sure that we can trust him?"

"As long as Bakugou-san's family agrees then there's nothing I can do about it. Plus, he processed all the legal documents so he really is your guardian from now on."

"Just anything? Maybe, Mitsuki-san told you about that person's appearance…"

He tried to dig in some information about her guardian and tried to pinpoint the necessary details, "That person is a slender and tall man with messy, shoulder-length black hair that partially hangs in front of his face. Then uhhh," He pauses for a while then continued, "He is pale and a bit worn-out."

She heaved a sigh, lifting her eyebrows to him, "He sounds so suspicious…"

Unexpectedly, the door slides open, revealing the guy that Izuku is describing. Upon landing her eyes onto that guy, she eventually knew who that person is because she has been an avid since she's a little snotty brat. With her mouth agape as she nearly got choke with her own spit, her impression of him suddenly changed.

"Excuse me… I heard Chiharu is awake so…" He deadpanned, looking around the room as if trying to spot her.

"Ah, Ah, ah… Huh!? E-Eraserhead?!'

What is he doing here!?

Author's Note:

I have come with the latest chapter! Anyway, first of all, I am deeply sorry that it's really late considering my timeline when it comes to updating my chapters. I got a huge writer's block in the middle so I really don't know what to do also school is killing me ughhh. By the way, thank you for the huge amount of support you guys are giving.

To explain Chiharu's condition, I really didn't messed up with her life (or wait I really messed her up). Her condition can be cured if and only if Shouta will allow her to take part of the surgery. Her condition is called incomplete paraplegia wherein she's not completely paralyzed. As a matter of fact, she can feel some of her limbs but she can't fully take over her legs that leaves her like that. About the surgery, I might messed her up real bad LOL

So, yep, I have introduced our daily dose of Sunshine && Dadzawa! And he will be part of her adventure within the premises of the hospital LOL ((I just noticed that this fanfic is really a slowburn to the point that I am in my 20 chapters but it's not yet in its real plot gash gotta make the story fast))

Let me know your thoughts.