IZUKU POV

As I started to come too I felt a sense of familiarity. "I feel like I've been here before?"

"Hey, no enjoying my thighs."

My eyes shot open wide as I saw the familiar face of Ms. Midnight above me. She had a cheeky smile. I gave a small shrug as I closed my eyes as I returned to a place of comfort. "So where exactly are we?"

"You're in a hospital. I heard you had quite the day." She ran a hand through my hair.

I opened an eye at her before closing it again. "I'm getting really tired of waking up in hospitals, but I could get used to it if I woke up like this every time."

"Let's try not to make a habit of it."

I let out a sigh. "So why are you here?"

"Oh I was just in the neighborhood and decided you could use a lap pillow." She flicked my forehead. "Why the hell do you think I'm here?"

"You came to check on my stability after everything that happened today."

"We'll technically it was yesterday, but yeah that's why I'm here. That and I'm here to mediate."

I opened an eye and looked at her confused. "Mediate what?"

"Well while you were out I had a lovely chat with two of your classmates. You wouldn't believe the things they told me."

I let out another sigh as I closed my eye . "How long till they're here?"

"Oh they're here already."

I opened my eyes and raised my head to see Kyoka and Yaoyorozu sitting in chairs at the foot of the bed. Resting my head back on Ms. Midnight's lap I covered my face with my hands. "God fucking dammit."

"Well it's good to see you as well Midoriya." Yaoyorozu brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

Sitting up in the bed I looked at both of them. "So why are you two here? It's not that I don't appreciate it, I just wasn't expecting it."

"Is it wrong for us to want to check up on a friend that is in the hospital?" She raised an eye at me. "Besides, we still need to have a talk."

I scratched the back of my head as I looked away from them. "Right.. So to clear things up about the training incident. Yaoyorozu and I were trying to test to see what the limit of her creation was. Well long story short she may or may not have destroyed her gym clothes by accident, leaving us in a… risky situation."

I felt a smack on the back of my head. "As interesting as that story sounds, I don't think that's what they were inferring."

I looked back to both of them and saw an annoyed scowl on Kyoka's face while Yaoyorozu looked away with a faint blush. "So… where do you want me to start Yaoyorozu? I'm sure you have the most questions."

She turned back to me and cleared her throat. "Well I think it would be helpful if you explained your relationship with Ms. Nemuri?"

I looked back at Ms. Midnight and she just gave me a smile. "This is the pro hero Midnight. She is an instructor at UA and she also is my therapist."

"Well that explains a few things."

I shot a glance over to Kyoka who still had a bit of a scowl on her face. Yaoyorozu cleared her throat again. "Well now with that out of the way I think we should address the elephant in the room."

"Shit you can see that?"

I was met with another smack to the back of the head. "Not the time for jokes Midoriya."

Rubbing the back of my head I gave her a slight glare. "I was just trying to lighten the mood." Letting out another sigh I looked back to Yaoyorozu. "Yes I have a quirk and to keep a long story short I wished I was never born with it, but Ms. Midnight has helped me accept it as a part of me."

"If that's the case why did you tell everyone you were quirkless?" She narrowed her gaze at me.

"You've seen what happened to the villain he used it on and you've heard how a certain someone talks about him now. You're smart Yaoyorozu. I'm sure you can imagine what some people would say about someone who can torment another's mind at will." Kyoka looked at her before looking at me.

"You're not wrong." Yaoyorozu took a minute to think. "Honestly the most surprising thing about all of this is how none of this seems to be news to you Jirou."

"That's because I told her the truth on the first day of class."

Yaoyorozu's eyes softened as she sighed. "I think it's safe to assume that the two of you have some sort of history."

"That would be putting it lightly." Kyoka crossed her arms as she looked away.

Ms. Midnight let out a sigh as she rested her head on her hand. "The two of them dated for a short period of time."

"Yeah that sounds about right."

I looked at Yaoyorozu surprised. "That's it? I was expecting a bigger reaction."

She shook her head as she laughed. "For someone that's so smart you can be extremely dumb."

"Yeah… I get that a lot."

She gave a smile as she relaxed in her chair a little. "I mean it was obvious something happened between the two of you when she slapped you the first day of class."

"She didn't just slap me. Slapped me four times."

This caught Ms. Midnight's attention as a smile escaped her lips. "Don't complain. You know you deserved it."

Yaoyorozu perked up at the statement. "What exactly do you mean?"

"It's nothing that concerns you." All eyes turned to Kyoka as she readjusted herself in her chair.

An awkward tension filled the room as the four of us sat in silence. Kyoka seemed to be unaffected by it. Ms. Midnight just looked between us waiting for the next person to speak up. Yaoyorozu retreated into her chair as she felt as if she had just crossed a major boundary. I just wanted this to end so I could go check on Pops and mentally prepare for the onslaught of lectures that I'm sure he has prepared.

The worry must have shown on my face because Ms. Midnight placed a hand on my head and smiled. "Don't worry he's going to be fine, you can go see them later."

A small smile formed on my face. "Thanks."

A soft knock was heard on the door before a nurse opened the door. "It's good to see you up and about Mr. Midoriya, but you know we have to stop meeting like this."

Yaoyorozu had a look of confusion on her face while Kyoka and Ms. Midnight looked indifferent. Shaking my head I looked at Yaoyorozu. "She was my nurse the last time I was in the hospital."

The look of confusion faded from her as she accepted it. The nurse made her way over to me. "That's right and luckily I have some better news for you this time."

This piqued my interest. "What do you mean by that?"

She gave a smile as she reached for the bandage on my face. "The wound you received was deeper this time, but luckily it wont scar nearly as bad." She slowly peeled off the bandage and cleaned the dried blood off of it. "You know you got pretty lucky. If this cut was just a few inches higher you may have lost your eye."

I stood up and made my way to the mirror in my room. My right cheek was now adorned with a three inch scar running vertically down it. I raised my hand to touch the new scar. "Am I going to have to keep this one bandaged like the last time?"

"Not this time. The doctor's healing quirk works better on cuts so you are good to go." She made her way to the door. "I'm going to go get your discharge paperwork ready then you'll be good to go."

After she left the room was silent again. I could feel everyone's eyes on me. Letting out a sigh I made my way back to the bed. "I'm fine alright so can you all stop looking at me like I'm about to die."

"Midoriya, how are you holding up?" Midnight's eyes pierced into me.

I hate when she looks at me like that, she can always tell when somethings off. "I'm fine. You know this is nothing new for me."

"If you're so fine, why don't you explain that whole breakdown with the villain?"

Yaoyorozu turned to Kyoka surprised. "What are you talking about? That was all a bluff to get the upper hand on the situation."

"I know what I heard." Kyoka shot a glance at me as her hands tightened on eachother.

Ms. Midnight looked between the two of them. "What exactly are you two talking about?"

"Well during the attack all the students were scattered across the USJ. Luckily the three of us were able to meet up." Yaoyorozu took a deep breath. "While we were trying to meet up with the rest of the class a villain took Midoriya hostage."

Ms. Midnight eyes raised after hearing this. "I see."

"The villain threatened to kill Midoriya if we didn't tell him what he wanted to know. We weren't able to tell him what he wanted to know so I thought it was doomed." Yaoyorozu hung her head. "It was the scariest situation I've ever been in. I wasn't able to keep a level head and I froze up." She raised her head with a smile. "But Midoriya was able to stay calm the entire time. He even was able to get the upper hand on the villain and make it out safely."

Ms. Midnight looked at me suspiciously. "How exactly did he do that?"

"He took him by surprise." Yaoyorozu's face slowly turned dejected "Midoriya acted as if he was ready to die. He even went as far as telling the vilain how to do it so it would guarantee death. I was so surprised and he was so convincing. It was almost as if… it was almost as if…" Yaoyorozu looked at me as things started to click. Her face started to turn pale as the severity of the situation had dawned on her.

"I meant it."

The room was once again filled with silence. Yaoyorozu was speechless and Kyoka was trying her best to remain . Midnight was staring me down and I knew that meant I was in for a long talk in the next few days. Before anyone could speak up again the door slid open revealing the nurse with my discharge paperwork.

"Alright Mr. Midoriya we have your discharge paperwork here and a change of clothes that were dropped off yesterday." After handing me all my things she left.

Ms. Midnight stood up and made her way to the door. "Well today has been very insightful. All three of you should go get some rest, classes will continue on Monday. The school has given approval for students to return home for the weekend if they wish to." As she opened the door she looked back at me. "Midoriya, I'll be seeing you tomorrow."

I didn't answer her, only giving her a thumbs up. After she left I looked at my clothes that had been left. "So what are you two going to do now?"

The both of them looked at each other for a moment. "Well my parents are out of the country on business again so I'll be staying on campus."

"I really don't feel like dealing with my overbearing dad so I'll be staying as well." Kyoka looked away while twirling her jacks.

I fell back onto the bed and stared at the ceiling. " Hey Yaoyorozu… Can I trust you to keep all this a secret? Not just my quirk, I mean everything we talked about today."

"Of course Midoriya." She stood up and started to head to the door. "Well Jirou, I think we should give Midoriya some privacy. We'll be waiting outside for you."

The two of them left the room giving me a moment to finally think about everything that had happened. Standing up I took off my shirt and looked in the mirror. I ran my finger across the scar on my face then looked at the one on my chest. I shook my head as I continued to change my clothes. "Well it looks like I have another scar that looks cool." After putting my hair back up and changing my contacts I made my way into the hallway.

"Ready to go Midoriya?" Yaoyorozu turned as I opened the door.

"Yeah, but I need to make a stop first." I started to head down the hallway but stopped when I felt something wrap around my arm. "I'm not gonna go anywhere Jirou."

"Shut up and let me have this."

I looked back and shrugged. The three of us made our way to the front desk in the lobby. Apparently Pop's room was on restricted visitation. Unless we were granted approval we weren't allowed to see him. I decided to make a call to someone who I was certain could get at least me in. After a short call we were given permission and a room number. When we reached the room I stopped before knocking.

"Is everything alright Midoriya?" Yaoyorozu looked at me concerned.

"Yeah." I took a deep breath as I knocked. "Just try to stay calm."

We could hear a shuffle from inside the room and a voice. Both Kyoka and Yaoyorozu looked confused, while I just prepared for the storm that was coming.

"We asked no to be disturbed unless it was something important." The door quickly slid open to reveal a clearly sleep deprived Mama Joke.

I scratched the back of my head as I turned my head away from her. "Surprise…"

I was immediately brought into a hug and lost in an ocean of seafoam green hair. I could feel her tears land on my head as she held onto me. "Izuku, I'm so happy you're safe. When I got the call that both you and Shota were sent to the hospital I was crushed."

"I'm sorry… I didn't mean to worry you…" I returned the hug. I knew she needed this just as much as I did.

After standing in that position for a few minutes she finally pulled away and looked me over. Her eyes were immediately drawn to the scar that now adorned my face. Taking one of her hands she caressed my cheek. "I'd hate to see what the other guy looks like."

I let out a small laugh. "Let's just say he won't be able to get a grip of his situation."

The both of us started to laugh. After a minute of enjoying our form of communication, the sound of Kyoka clearing her throat brought us back to reality. Mama Joke looked over at the two of them confused. "I'm sorry but who are you two?"

"They're my classmates."

"My names Momo Yaoyorozu."

"I'm Kyoka Jirou"

The both of them bowed as Mama Joke's face lit up. She put her arm around me and pulled me close before whispering in my ear. "Izuku, not one girl but two. Oh my what am I going to do with you?" She turned back to look over them again. "I'm sorry but you seem really familiar."

"She's the girl I told you about."

Mama Joke looked at me before turning back to her. "I'm so sorry for all the problems he caused. I promise I've been raising him much better."

Kyoka and Yaoyorozu both looked confused. "I'm sorry, but what exactly is your relationship with Midoriya?"

A smile spread across Mama Jokes face. "To keep things from getting too complicated just think of me as his mom."

I let out a sigh. "That's enough, how's Pop's doing?"

Mama Joke stepped to the side letting me in the room. "He's doing fine, but he's getting some rest so please don't wake him."

I walked up to the bed and saw him completely wrapped in bandages. Sitting on the edge of the bed I looked at Mama Joke. "Hey, maybe I should call him mummy instead of Pop's for now."

Mama Joke burst out into laughter as Kyoka and Yaoyorozu just shook their heads. We could hear a rustling coming from the bed. Everyone looked surprised to see Pops sitting up in bed.

Mama Joke quickly ran over to bed and knelt down beside the bed. "Shota, don't push yourself, you need to rest."

He ignored her as I assume he locked eyes with me. A series of soft grumbles came from the bandages.

"Yeah, I'm ok. I do have another session with Ms. Midnight though tomorrow."

Another few grumbles came from him. "Yeah she knows the majority of everything now."

As Pop's and I continued our back and forth I heard Yaoyorozu ask Kyoka a question. "I'm sorry, can he actually understand him or is he just messing with us?"

Kyoka let out a sigh as she shook her head. "Knowing him it could easily be both."

KYOKA POV

The rest of the weekend seemed to drag on. Surprisingly the majority of class 1-A decided to stay on campus. After we left the hospital Izuku never returned to campus. He went back home because he needed to take care of the cat. Yaoyorozu suggested that we could go help him, but I had to shut that down since I knew whose house it really was.

The walk back with Yaoyorozu was an interesting one. I answered as many questions as I could. There was a lot that she wanted to know that I couldn't answer. Thankfully she didn't press too much. I couldn't blame her though, if our places had been switched I would have been asking the same questions as well. So much information had been forced onto her and she just needed someone to talk to it about.

The rest of the class seemed to have not been too affected by everything that just happened. Some people were a little shaken but they did their best to bounce back. If anything Yaoyorozu and I were the worst out of the class, but no one else saw a friend try to go out by assisted suicide.

Yaoyorozu was doing a much better job at holding it together. It was probably due to her upbringing of putting on whatever face she needed to to impress those around her. But once she was behind closed doors the facade fell. She was definitely taking it harder than I was.

I felt like I was keeping it together fairly well. I had already known about his past and seen everything. To someone looking in from the outside it would look as if I was becoming desensitized to his situation. Apparently I wasn't as good at hiding it as I thought I was. Kaminari kept messaging me and trying to figure out what was wrong. It was nice to know that he cared but I didn't want to talk to him about it.

Neither Yaoyorozu nor I heard anything from Midoriya the rest of the weekend. It was a little unsettling until Ms. Midnight showed up at the dorms to offer counseling to anyone who was affected by the incident. Before she left she told Yaoyorozu and I that he was doing fine and that she instructed him to stay offline until Monday. That put both of our minds at rest for now.

When Monday finally came there was still no sign of Izuku. When we got to class we found Midoriya at his desk resting his head just like the first day of class. I made my way to my desk choosing to not try and force a conversation out of him. Yaoyorozu was lucky enough to sit in front of him. They could have casual conversations without drawing too much attention to him. The class started to fill up as we waited for the bell.

"Ah Midoriya it's good to see you. I'm glad to see you're doing well. I'm not sure if you've heard or not but the school is offering counseling to anyone who may be having issues getting over the attack."

I let out a sigh as I turned around to see what was going on. "Of course he would go right up to Izuku."

Midoriya peaked up at Iida so only his eyes were able to be seen. "Thanks, but I was already informed."

I felt my heart drop. His eyes were just as dead and the brightness that once filled them was gone again. His voice was hollow and sounded as if he didn't want to be here. To me he looked just like he did when I first met him two years ago.

"Ah I see. Well it's good to have you back." Iida robotically made his way back to his seat.

I heard a snicker from Kaminari. I looked over at him as he leaned back in his chair stretching. "Well I guess some people weren't able to handle the pressure."

A few murmurs started to fill the room. "Kaminari what the hell do you think you're doing?"

"I'm just telling the truth. Some people can handle the pressure when it's training, but the second things turn real they crack under the pressure."

"If you've got something to say to me, at least have the balls to say it to my face instead of making general statements." All the heads turned to Izuku who still had his head on the table.

"That's big talk from someone whose plan got themselves and two other sent to the hospital."

"Guys stop it! This isn't the time for this." Uraraka looked between the two worried.

"Kaminari if it wasn't for Midoriya's plan we all could have been killed." Yaoyorozu stood up slamming her hands on her desk.

"Maybe we would have and maybe we would have been fine, but the only thing we know for certain is that his plan didn't work." Kaminari kept a cocky smile on his face.

"At least I had a plan. Also Mr. Aizawa was planning to fight the group of villains before I said anything to him. As for Thirteen I tried to stop her but we didn't realize that he could use his quirk like that. Still they were willing to risk their lives to keep us safe. Can you say you were able to do that?"

Kaminari was clearly taken back by that. "The… opportunity for something like that never came up." He quickly went on the defensive as he shot a glare at Midoriya. "I doubt you were able to do anything like that either."

"Actually he did."

All eyes turned to me. "What are you talking about Jirou?" Kaminari looked at me flabbergasted.

"It's true. Midoriya saved both Jirou and I." Yaoyorozu spoke up. "He… he was even able to keep a level head while having a gun to his head. Out of anyone here he went through the most and even after all that he still rushed in to save Mr. Aizawa."

There were a few collective gasps by some of the class. Kaminari looked as if all the wind was taken out of his sails but he clearly hadn't given up. He gritted his teeth. "I don't believe it. How could he have done all that if he was unconscious. Words alone aren't enough proof."

Yaoyorozu and I locked eyes before turning to Midoriya. He let out a sigh before raising his head revealing his scar to everyone. "Is this proof enough for you?"

The murmurs in the room quickly picked up. Kaminari was left speechless. The volume in the room was quickly picking up. Luckily the bell rang causing everyone to instantly quiet down.

"Alright everyone the bell rang so let's begin." Mr. Aizawa walked in the door still covered head to toe in bandages. "As much as I'm sure you'd all like to hear me say it's time to relax, that's not the case. The UA sports fest is coming up which means you all are just getting started."

The excitement in the room started to build until Mr. Aizawa used his quirk to quiet us down. The rest of the school day seemed to go by quickly even if there was an aura of uncertainty in the room. When the final bell rang everyone got up to head back to the dorms. Mina was the first to get to the door but she came to a quick stop when she was met with an ocean of students in front of our door.

"Umm… why are you all here?"

"Forget them." Bakugo just walked through the crowd making a path. "They just came to see what the hero's who survived a villain attack look like."

"That's some big talk from someone who was born with a flashy quirk."

"The hell did you say?"

"You heard me." A boy with purple hair walked forward.

The anger on Bakugo was visible as he clenched his fists. It wouldn't have surprised any of us if he started a fight right then and there.

"Don't let him push your buttons, you're just helping prove his point." I looked to my side to see Midoriya standing next to me. "Not that he was much of one to begin with."

The boy with purple hair locked eyes with Midoriya. "As if you would understand. The test to get into the hero course is skewed to favor those with strong and flashy quirks. Those of us in the general studies course don't have quirks suitable to destroy robots. That's why we ended up being placed in the general studies."

"Don't give me your shity excuses." I narrowed my gaze at him. "You all just like the idea of being a hero but aren't willing to put in the work. You're just leaving on the fact you don't know how to utilize your quirks to your advantage."

The boy with purple hair was now starting to get aggravated. I put my hand on Midoriya's shoulder. "Calm down, let's not make a scene."

"You should listen to your friend. You don't want to say things you'll regret later." The purple-haired kid smirked at Midoriya.

"I've got plenty of regrets so I don't mind adding another one to my list." Midoriya walked right up to him so they were now face to face.

"You think I'm scared of someone who was blessed to have a flashy quirk scar face?"

"You should be scared of your own stupidity and cowardice. You think everyone in this class got into the hero course because they were able to destroy the robots?"

"That was the goal of the exam."

Midoriya started to laugh. "You don't even deserve to belong in general studies if you think that was the only way to score points in the exam. Look at those two, do you think they could destroy robots three times their size?" Midoirya gestured to Mineta and Hagakure. "The rules said all we had to do was disable them, not destroy them. If you weren't able to tell the difference between the two then you should go get some help."

"Shut the hell up you bastard. You have no clue what it's like to be treated differently because of your quirk, to be told that you can't do certain things, to be treated as a second class citizen because of something you couldn't control."

I felt the anger starting to well up in me. I couldn't stand this guy talking down to Izuku like that. If anyone knew about what he was talking about it would be Izuku. I made my way up to him and smacked him across the face before getting pulled back by Izuku.

The boy turned his sights on me clearly enraged by what I just did. "You bitch." As he took a step towards me Izuku put his hand out to stop him.

"Take another step and you'll regret it." Izuku's eyes had a fire in them. It made me happy to see him showing signs of life.

The boy started to grumble under his breath. "Just wait till the sports festival. I'll show you what someone who wasn't blessed can do."

"I look forward to it, but let's make it interesting. I'll put my spot on the hero course in the line."

The boy looked at Izuku intrigued. "I'm listening."

"If you or anyone in general studies places higher than me they can have my place in the hero course."

I felt my heart drop as I looked up at Izuku. "You can't do that?"

The boy with purple hair locked eyes with Izuku. "Alright, and what if you place higher than all of us?"

"If I place higher than you, you have to drop out of UA."

The boy was thinking about it before a smirk came across his face. "Alright you have yourself a deal." He turned around and quietly chuckled to himself.

I just looked at Izuku, completely shocked at what I had just witnessed. "Come on Jirou, Mr. Aizawa wants to talk to us." He turned around to Yaoyorozu. "You too Yaomomo."

She quickly caught up to us as we started to walk towards the teachers lounge. As we made our way through the hall I looked up to Midoriya. "You're an idiot, you do know that?"

He laughed to himself. "I wouldn't be me if I wasn't an idiot."

I just shook my head. "As long as you know."

"You know it was really hot when you slapped him."

I felt my face get hot as I stood closer to him letting my jack start to coil around his arm. "You're an idiot."

"Ahem."

I quickly jumped away from Izuku and untangled my jack from him. "Jesus Christ Yaomomo you scared the shit out of me."

She let out a sigh as she stood on the other side of Izuku. "You both are idiots. I mean honestly it hasn't even been two minutes and you forgot I was here. Also since when did the two of you take to calling me Yaomomo?"

Izuku looked up as if he was trying to think. "For about two minutes now."

I bursted out in laughter at his answer. Yaomomo just shook her head as a faint blush spread across her face. "Well two can play that game Zuzu."

I bursted into more laughter as Izuku turned bright red. "Oh God Yaomomo that's hilarious."

She looked at me with an eerie smile. "What makes you think that didn't go for you as well Kyo?"

Now it was my turn to go bright red as Izuku and Yaomomo bursted into laughter. Before long all three of us were laughing as we walked down the halls.

"Alright can we atleast come to an agreement to use the super embarrassing ones when it's only the three of us?" Midoriya scratched the back of his head.

"Sure, but a few of the girls have taken a liking to calling you Midori so I think I will too." Yaomomo had a smile on her face. "But I actually like the sound of Yaomomo so use it whenever."

"Alright it's a deal." I gave her a smile.

Izuku just shook his head as he sighed. "I'm just making all the deals today."

The three of us burst into laughter again as we continued to the teachers lounge.