A few days have passed since the incident, and a lot has changed already, but one thing remained the same—Monoma's unconscious state. It seemed like the prior diagnosis of his concussion was erroneous, for the doctors thought it was just a minor injury, and he would wake up in less than three days. However, it proved otherwise since it had already been ten days since his first stay at the hospital, and there was still no sign of him waking up. This fact didn't help Aizawa at all. In fact, it made him worry more than ever. You see, as the days of Monoma's comatose added up, so did his guilt, and this didn't help Aizawa's battle with insomnia. Every now and then, he wakes up in the middle of the night, only for his mind to be occupied with the horrors resulting from his ill-judged advice to the kid. There were even times when he would not sleep at all and just consume all his nighttime helping people. With this, he thought that maybe, just maybe, the guilt consuming him would decrease. It didn't. In all honesty, it worsened because every time he saw the smiles on the people he helped during the night, he was reminded of what could've been when he just helped the child with his problem. After all, he was a hero, and he knows that heroes don't go choosing when and where they help people. They should be ready to take on anything anytime, anywhere, if it means saving lives. Perhaps, it's safe to assume that he failed as a hero. That is why he'll do everything to amend his mistakes.
Correcting a wrong has always been difficult for Aizawa to do because he barely has any experience doing it. After all, he hardly committed mistakes, let alone involving a kid. That is why he decided to confide with a friend in hopes that his friend could give him a piece of advice that, if followed, would significantly lessen his guilt. His friend was Yamada Hizashi, better known as the pro-hero Present Mic.
"Hey, Shota! To whom do I owe the pleasure?" an all-too-familiar loud voice said.
"First off, stop shouting my name, Hizashi. I haven't had any good amount of sleep yet, and to answer your question, some kid in the ICU," Aizawa said with an irritated voice.
"When did you even have a good sleep in your entire life?" Yamada quipped.
"Probably when I still haven't met you," Aizawa said with a flat voice, devoid of any emotion.
"Jeez, someone's got their period," Yamada said while laughing.
"Whatever. Anyways, I came by to ask for help. There's this kid in the ICU in a state of comatose. I'm the reason why he's there, and he's the reason behind my current insomnia. You see, I cannot sleep at all, man. The guilt has been consuming me. It's eating me alive, and I'm sure that if the kid doesn't wake up anytime sooner, I will kill myself," Aizawa said.
"That thought is too dark for this time of the day, Shota. Uhm, how about you try finding something that will keep your mind off of him like, uhm, teaching your students for real this time. Instead of just expelling them." Yamada said.
"I expelled them already," Aizawa said with a detached voice, not seeming to care about the topic.
"Dude, it's only been like a few days since class started," Yamada said, shocked by the news of Aizawa expelling his class.
Although he always knew that Aizawa almost always expels his entire class, he never seemed to be accustomed to it. Perhaps, he's thinking that maybe one day, Aizawa would have a change of heart. Hopefully, it happens soon, he thought.
"I know, and it's only been a few days since they started showing they didn't deserve to be in UA. It's not my problem that they didn't let me see their potential if they even have any. Anyways, I don't need to hear another lecture from you regarding how I should be more compassionate towards my students. I came here to fix my problem, so help me because I swear, I'll turn out mentally deranged if this kid hasn't woken up yet, if I am not even already retarded right now." Aizawa said, this time with a serious voice.
"Okay bro, chill. You'll end up just like where the kid is but this time in a mental one," Yamada said, sighing in between, "Have you tried visiting the kid's parents to apologize and stuff?
"No. Why would I apologize to them? Shouldn't I apologize to the kid himself?" Aizawa said, confused as to why Yamada was telling him to do just that.
"Yeah, but clearly, the kid is not awake yet, so might as well apologize to the closest thing to the kid, which is his parents," Yamada said.
"Oh, okay," Aizawa said, standing up, ready to leave Present Mic's place.
"Hey, don't forget to change clothes and fix your appearance before you go to them. If you don't, you'll have more guilt because surely, if they see you in that state, they'll also be comatose." Yamada said while opening the door for Aizawa.
Before Aizawa could say anything back, he found himself outside of Yamada's house, standing in front of his closed door.
What the hell? Did he just shove me and lock his door in front of my face? That guy never really learned his manners, after all, and just a while back his preaching to me about my looks. Tsk tsk. I guess looks mattered more to him than manners. Anyways, what should I do now?
This thought seemed to occupy Aizawa on his entire walk back to his house. You see, never once did he visit some kid's house to talk to their parents. He didn't speak with his students' parents, so why would he to the random kid's one? Would this really solve his overwhelming guilt? Hopefully, because if not, he might just really kill himself for real.
