~IZUKU~

My eyes remaining closed as I woke. Not the slightest twitch or movement though. My head was pounding and my hearing weak.

Static filled my head, slowly fading away as the sounds in the room registered.

Still, it was mostly silence.

I felt the scratchy, soft, slightly tightened bandaged around my torso and the cold dampness of a towel on my face.

I felt the heat rising off my body when my quirk began closing up the small cuts on my body, underneath the bandages.

I heard a door open followed by footsteps coming into the room.

I moved my head slightly to turn and face the door, opening my eyes. Vision blurry and out of focus.

"You're awake," A familiar voice registered as my vision cleared, Recovery Girl, "That's good. How are you feeling?"

"My head is killing me," I groaned, "But I'll get over it."

"Any pain besides that?" She asked.

I grasped the towel on my head and set it on the bed beside me, setting myself up, "Nope, not a thing."

She was writing stuff down, it was her job after all.

I kicked the sheets off of me and whipped my legs over the side of the bed. I pushed myself off the bed and onto my feet, Recovery Girl noticed and became alarmed.

"You shouldn't be standing just yet," She told me, "Sit back down, you just woke up."

I looked over at her and just raised a brow, "Do I look like I care?"

She placed a hand on her head and sighed, "I suppose you're not going to listen to reason, at least wait around in the room until All Might arrives."

I sighed, "Might as well."

I walked over to a chair and sat down, then I kinda just zoned out.

I didn't even notice someone had walked into the room until their hand was on my shoulder.

I jumped slightly and threw my arm back but came to a halt before I hit them, hand pointed towards their throat ready to take the kill.

My fingers sharpened to a flesh piercing point, ended with metal, returned to normal as I calmed down.

All Might looked at me, concerned as usual.

I just glared and turned away from him.

"I don't understand the problem here, All Might," I told him, "I ended up passing out, big deal."

"It's more than that," He began, "You're putting yourself in danger and you can't keep doing so, also, your reactions... you need to calm down, no one is going to hurt you."

"Don't you think I know?" I questioned, "It's just a habit... Even though I know no one is going to hurt me or do anything of the sort, well a certain someone being an exception, I can't help but respond in aggression."

All Might sighed.

"We need to work on this, alright?" He told me, "You can't continue to respond this way towards everyone, especially if you wish to be a hero."

I glared away from him as he said that, and I sighed, "Yeah... I know, as I said before."

He placed his hand on my shoulder and turned me to face him, "Look, Izuku..."

I pushed his hand off of me, "Please stop this already..."

I heard him sigh as I looked away again, turning my back to him.

"I worry about you Izuku," He told me, "Don't forget that."

"I know..." I sighed in annoyance, "You've made it clear to me more times than I can count, or remember."

I muttered under my breath almost unconsciously, "It's sickening..."

"What was that?" He asked me, clearly he had been unable to hear what had been uttered from me.

"I- I didn't say anything," I told him, "I just took a breath as all."

He nodded before bringing something up, "Todoroki seemed to be especially worried about you, did something happen beforehand with the two of you?"

I scratched behind my head and chuckled, "He challenged me to a friendly competition, I guess I really should've been thinking more about my condition before agreeing."

All Might sighed, "Indeed."

"Still," I thought to myself for a moment as I paused, "It honestly does surprise me that Todoroki was genuinely concerned. He's a very reserved individual, I'd know."

"I'll let him know you're awake when I see him," He said as he began to walk out of the room, "One last thing..."

"What is it?" I asked.

"Actually, nevermind," He said before shutting the door behind him.

What the hell was that about?

"You need to be more careful," Recovery Girl stated, "Just because you're strong, doesn't mean you can't be broken, Kuroshi."

"Who says I'm not already?" I stated bluntly, sitting on the bed.

She remained silent until she needed to step out for a while, leaving me to my thoughts.

Yeah... I'm definitely not the sanest person in UA...

After a while, boredom set in and I made my way over to a window. I pulled a chair around and tied up the curtains, watching outside as I sat down. I zoned out after a few moments passed, sounds vanishing from focus.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I could care less if he figures out I'm a killer, he'd only believe if to be through force. However, if I'm forced to tell him the truth or my father, somehow, contacted him... someone in the league maybe Kurogiri... Either way... I'm completely screwed if he learns-

"Kuro-?" A voice registered in my ear along with footsteps behind me. I wasn't paying attention, I had been deep in thought. Warping behind them, whoever they were, I grabbed their arm, twisted it back, and forced them down onto the ground.

I took a moment and assessed what happened only to realize-

"T- Todo-" I froze, I never meant to react like this to a classmate. Heh... I honestly feel kinda bad, he was worried about me after all...

"I'm so sorry!" I stood up and helped him onto his feet. Dusting himself off he looked up at me in the eyes, "It's alright, I noticed you weren't paying attention to anything..."

I sighed and muttered under my breath, "Goddamnit..."

"Kuroshi?" Todoroki tried to grasp my focus.

"Please, just call me Izuku..." I told him in annoyance.

"Alright... Izuku, I-" He shuddered for a moment, which was odd for him, "You're hiding something, aren't you?"

"Uh-" I caught myself, "What makes you ask that?"

He looked at me seriously, and then glanced to the side, "I could see it in your eyes a moment ago, they were different from how they usually look."

"And how's that?" I asked with curiosity.

"Your eyes are generally warm, you seemed like a very welcoming and shy, almost reserved..." He said this and I felt odd, "But that's not you. You're completely different, the opposite of what I just told you."

I looked away from him and laughed under my breath for a small moment, "You have quite the eye for small details, but it's probably not what you're thinking..."

"What are you saying, that I'm right?" He questioned.

"There're some people in UA that completely refuse to believe that I'm not the kind-hearted boy they've known for years... Still, that's not completely it," I took a moment to think about my words, "You could look and say I'm hiding from everyone for my own gain but... I'm hiding myself to keep everyone at ease. After all, who would want to get saved by a hero who looks like they're-"

"A villain?" He tried to finish my statement and I chuckled.

"No," I smiled and shook my head, "But I'll leave you to think about what it is."

Todoroki just stood there looking at me kinda with a face that just yells, "What the hell do you mean?" when they're not gonna open their mouth and ask.

"You really are a different person," He finally spoke, "But that doesn't change anything."

"How so?" I asked, "You don't know anything about my life, so how can you say it doesn't change anything?"

"I'm not really sure," He sighed, "You're still the strongest in our class."

"Ha! Like that was ever going to change!" I just burst out laughing, "Could that have been any more obvious!?"

I heard his laugh slightly, "I suppose you're right about that."

"Anyway... I shouldn't have been telling you anything, to begin with, I'm not allowed to," I told him," So, keep this little chat between you and me."

Todoroki nodded.

"I can't leave until Recovery Girl comes back so you'll have to go on ahead," I said.

"Alright, I'll see you later Izuku."

Then he walked out the door.

Goddamnit... Yet another person that begun to see through me. What the hell am I supposed to do, I can't just up and tell everyone I've been fucking lying to them. Plus, what excuse could I give for my behavior?

Yes, I'm a fucking insane individual that acts like he's going to murder everyone in the room one by one very painfully and slowly.

Hah, like that's something I can show everyone.

I guess I'll just continue to hide until then.

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A FANTASTIC NEW YEAR!