Y/n's POV

My breath comes in short gasps as I wake up from another nightmare. There was no one there to save me from my own mind, visiting hours had ended ages ago and Dad had to leave to do work as well as check up on the other students. I sit in the dark, empty hospital room, hyperventilating as tears run down my face. The only comfort to my panic attack is the fact that I can move and am not suffering from sleep paralysis in that moment.

I can feel my hands go numb from poor oxygen flow and so I move them around a bit in hope that they would regain feeling. I try to imagine Dad's voice telling me to breath with him, nice and slow. Whenever my breathing returns to a somewhat normal rate images from my nightmare would flash around my mind and I'd be back where I started. Eventually I give up and decide I need help if I am ever going to get out of the horrible panic attack that I am having. I hit the button to call a nurse in and a few moments later a woman enters the room and asks me what's wrong.

She realizes almost immediately and helps me to calm down and take my mind off of things for a little while before giving me some medication that would aid in sleeping. I take it and she politely tells me that I should get some more rest considering it is one in the morning. She leaves me to rest after that and thankfully I sleep like a baby.

Aizawa's POV

I crash into my bed immediately when I get home, glad that I can finally rest for the first time in a few days. Sleep consumes me quickly and my muscles relax. I'm jostled awake when arms wrap around my waist and pull me back against a warm chest. Hizashi nuzzles my neck before whispering, "Sorry to wake you...just wanted some peaceful cuddling before Y/n comes home..." I notice the anxiousness in his voice and I can tell he wondering just as much as I am about what Y/n went through in those couple of days. As much as I had wanted to ask him about it I knew that talking about such things is difficult and would be done in his own time not mine, plus I'm sure he doesn't want to be reminded right after being saved.

"Zashi?" A small hum is his response. "What if he doesn't get through this?" I ask softly. It's silent for a moment that seems to stretch on endlessly.

"I think all we can do is help him the best we can and trust that he's strong enough to pull through. And if that's not enough than we will just have to keep trying."

A small smile crosses my face as I turn to face Hizashi. "When did you become so good at this parenting thing?" I ask jokingly. He responds in a more endearing manner, "I only learned from the best and he's twice the man and father that I'll ever be." A brief kiss is shared before we decided sleep is needed. I lay on top of Hizashi, his arms wrapped around me as we slowly drift off into unconsciousness.

Y/n's POV

Floating. That's how I'd describe the feeling between being awake and dreaming still. I feel no pain just floating here listening to the soft voices around me. I couldn't make out any of the words but it was still calming, the deep vibrations of the voices were soothing. The peaceful atmosphere in my mind was almost too peaceful, where was I again? This wasn't my bed at least it didn't feel like it. The voices were familiar and close to me. I finally manage to pull myself out of unconsciousness and open my eyes.

I'm in the hospital? Why? Did I over use my quirk? What day is it today? Why do I still feel so tired? My parents sit in two chairs next to the bed talking quietly to each other, neither seem to notice I'm awake. I look around the room and down at myself feeling lost. My arms seem to be bandaged so I must be here for a reason other than quirk fatigue. It's so frustrating, why can't I remember? Did I hit my head? I shift around a bit reaching up to my head to check for any bumps or bandages. All I notice it how puffy my face is as if I had cried myself to sleep. I'm not in any pain so I'm assuming that I'm on pain meds right now plus there seems to be two IVs in my arm.

My movement seems to bring my parents attention onto me and Aizawa moves to sit on the side of the bed. "How are you feeling? I heard you had some bad nightmares last night, did you sleep ok after they gave you some meds?" I look at Aizawa who is bandaged up like a mummy and I can't help the small smile that comes to my face at the ridiculous amount of bandages on my father.

"Are you sure you aren't the one supposed to be lying down on a bed right now? You look worse than I do. I'm so confused how did we get here? What happened?" I inquire and based on the silence and look in my father's eyes he seems shocked that I don't know why I'm here. He clears his throat and not so subtly nods his head towards the door at Yamada. Yamada gets up and leaves, I assume he's going to get a doctor.

"I'm relieved that you don't remember but at the same time I'm worried. You had nightmares about what happened just a few hours ago so I'm sure the amnesia is only a temporary side effect of whatever drugs you're on right now... We're going to get the doctor to check up on you and probably lower your painkillers, plus Recovery Girl is coming in to heal some of the superficial injuries. I just want you to know that no matter what we're all going to stick with you as you overcome everything that happened alright?"

I gave him a confused smile, feeling completely fine right now and having no idea what he is talking about. That last thing I remember is... the bus ride to the USJ. Did something happen at the USJ? Was it a training exercise gone wrong that put my dad into the hospital? Was that why I was here? Why would I have nightmares about that though?

"Dad, you're being all sappy and I really don't understand why... Did something happen at the USJ? Was anyone else hurt?" A sigh comes from my dad as Yamada finally walks back in with the doctor in tow. He is quick to explain the whole amnesia thing and the doctor looks through some papers on his clipboard before saying, "Seems the sleep aiding meds the nurse gave him last night do have amnesia as a common side effect when mixed with certain pain killers. It is just temporary and once the drug leaves the system which should be about 8 hours after injection, your memory will return slowly as it wears off. Now on to other matters..." The doctor keeps talking as he changes one of the IVs and takes out the other one completely. He also calls a nurse in to change my bandages which I realize were covering deep scratches on most of my body, especially my arms and legs.

My parents left the room with the doctor, probably to talk to him about me. The nurse seems nice as she gets out all the needed supplies to clean the wounds I have underneath the bandages. When she finishes she politely asks if I'm comfortable and I give her go ahead to start her work. Looking at my injuries that I can't really feel makes me slightly nauseous. Why did it look like I had been grabbed by clawed hands? Why were there hand shaped bruises to accompany the gashes? I feel sticky all the sudden as if my sweat mixed with blood and covered my body. I close my eyes for a moment and take a few slow breaths trying not to throw up or pass out. When I open my eyes again the lights in the room flicker red before staying red, casting ugly dark shadows around the room. I close my eyes again telling myself it's not real. When I open them again the light is still red and I glance at the nurse who seems unfazed as she continues her work. I tense up when she grabs my arm in order to start wrapping the bandages around it. All the sudden her hands shift it hideous claws that grip harshly at my arm and without thinking my quirk pushes her into the wall causing her grip on my arm to fall away as she cries out from the sudden outburst.

I scramble to get as far away from the nurse turned monster, falling off the bed and moving to the far corner of the room. All the shadows seem to be reaching out for me as I curl in on myself as my head starts throbbing. I can hear the nurse as she uses her pager to notify someone about the situation. A few seconds later Dad is there in front of me, his red eyes full of concern. And just like that the room is back to normal, no creepy lights or shadows. "I'm sorry, I don't know what happened. Everything was fine but-but then everything got-got creepy and I-I didn't mean to hurt anyone." He reaches out to hug me and I tense up and flinch away, shaking. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Please don't hurt me."

"I would never hurt you Y/n. You didn't do anything wrong. No one's hurt although you did make a bit of a mess when your quirk pushed everything in the room to the nearest wall. We're here to help you so how about we finish wrapping you up." He offers a bandaged hand to help me up and when I'm standing I sway, my head feeling like lead was stabbing into it, making it hurt and heavy at the same time. Noticing the clear sway, Aizawa quickly moves to support me and this time I gladly lean into him rather than flinching away. When he gets me to the bed I pull him onto it with me so I could sit with my back against his chest. The nurse, seeming more calm than I thought she would be after getting thrown into a wall, comes and finishes the job she had started and before she was even done I had drifted off to sleep, listening to the sound of my dad's heartbeat.

"Are you sure you're ready to go back to school tomorrow?" Dad asks as we sit around the dinner table. "It's ok if you need more time you know."

I sigh a little frustrated with everything, it's already been a week since I was rescued. Honestly I don't know if I'm ready but staying at home sucks and it's not helping me any so I'd rather just try to live life normally and see if that helps. "I just want things to go back to normal even if that means possibly having a mental break down at school. It's now or later. I don't think stalling is going to do anything besides make me feel more isolated." I say a softer than I would have prior to the whole USJ incident.

Aizawa nods before asking if there's anything he should tell the class to avoid when it comes to me. My lips quirk up a bit at his genuine concern for me and his efforts to make this transition back to school as smooth as possible. "Just no physical contact and uhh...no jump scaring. And I'd prefer not having any questions asked about my injuries/scars and what happened while I was kidnapped unless it's necessary and from either teachers, Izuku or Hitoshi."

All of my gashes and bruises had been healed by Recovery Girl and only a few had scarred, unfortunately they were in more noticeable areas like a few on my wrists and one on my collarbone. It didn't bother me too much since my body was already littered with scars, mind you most were easily covered up under a simple t-shirt and shorts, but what's a true hero without a few battle scars. The only real damage left was the constant headaches from using my quirk for three days straight and the anxiety I get from certain things like people grabbing me or things appearing out of nowhere. Luckily I had medication for both but things could still trigger my panic attacks regardless of if I'm medication for it or not. The headaches keep me from using my quirk for longer than a few seconds which is a pain, literally. Nothing like the 'stabbing your brain' kind of feeling. The doctor said that the headaches should dissipate enough before the UA sports festival that I'd be able to compete without collapsing from the pain caused by them. Aizawa had a few qualms about letting me join in on the sports festival after going through so much but when I asked if I could he really couldn't say no.

The sports festival is this week and everyone in my class will have a huge advantage having faced villains and all the other first year students have probably already declared war on us because of that. I'm pretty much two weeks behind in lessons and training so I'm probably the most put out by the fact that everyone will want to beat my class. Guess I'll just have to show them how a hero pushes through their shortcomings and comes out on top.

I help clean up the dinner table before heading to bed early, wanting to get as much rest as possible before going back to school. I lay in bed for a few hours unable to fall asleep and eventually I just go on my phone and send a quick message to the class 1-A group chat knowing not everyone would be asleep at 11pm.

Class 1-A Chat

Y/n - I can't seem to sleep. Any tips for falling asleep?
Sent at 11:04pm

Sleepy Boi😴💜 - Idk any but that's probably obvious. U coming back to school tmrw?
Sent at 11:06

Y/n - Ya if I get sleep. Need to catch up so I can beat y'all in the sports festival
Sent at 11:07

Lil' Bro 💚 - You're competing? Aizawa is allowing that?
Sent at 11:08

Kirishima - I'm sure you're gonna place in the sports fest regardless. I mean Aizawa Sensei has probably trained you long before you started at UA. It seems a little unfair if you think about it...
Sent at 11:10

Icyhawt ❄️🔥 - I'm not gonna lose Y/n
Sent at 11:10

✨Aoyama✨ - 🍵
Sent at 11:10

Mina - Ship ️
Sent at 11:12

Ochako - Don't underestimate everyone else Todoroki
Sent at 11:13

Y/n - Well neither am I. Even if I do I'll probably blame it on my injuries so
Sent at 11:13

Sparky Sparky Boom Man 💥 - Tf are you extras on about. If anyone is gonna win it'll be me. Now STOP SPAMMING and sleep
Sent at 11:15

I put my phone down with a sigh. The lights are still on in my room since I didn't want to wake up in the dark but at the same time it's harder to fall asleep with them on. A soft purring comes from Lev as he pushes up against my warm body before curling up and falling back asleep. I pull the blankets over my head trying to block out the light, snuggling up to the little kitten. Eventually I slip into a peaceful slumber.