Hello, everyone! Hope you enjoy!

I had the idea to make this in one day. If you think it's hot garbage and you're shy about posting stories, then take it as motivation! Or, at least, a lesson on what to NOT do! If you got this far.

My arm roared with pain, rousing me from a dreamless sleep. The pain ripped into my arm and ate away at my legs until it felt as though every individual cell in my body was slowly being destroyed.

A hour later and it was over. I was lucky that the pain had slowly been getting easier to manage, but that was only because the feeling in my limbs was fading away. It was like they were always asleep, except the sensitivity never faded.

I got up and performed my daily routine, and then I went for my walk.

I found myself walking to a familiar area, and since I had gone of the radar for five or six years, I really didn't know what was going on with everybody.

That is, until somebody ran into me. Literally.

"Hey, mister, walk faster!"

"Sorry, kid." I helped the boy up and I immediately recognized the feathers.

"That's okay! I'm pretty tough, you know!" giving me the best grin a bird boy could give, he started running way, an action figure in his hands.

"Hey!" he jumped as I called out to him, but he turned back to me, "Where's your mom?"

"Hinaze! Wash up for lunch!"

"Mom! Some old guy's here to see you!"

"Old?! Haven't I told you not to-!" she nearly dropped the plates she was preparing when she saw me.

"Hey, it's been a while!" instead of immediately responding, she stared at me with wide eyes, surprise and shock clear and evident.

"I-Izuku …?"

"Mom? Are you okay?" the boy tugged on her sleeve, but even then she didn't respond.

"... Sorry, kid, I think I broke you mother."

That's when she flew at me, hugging me as I hit my head against the ground.

My eyesight was hazy as I tried to remember what happened to me, and then I remembered that I had come back to Tsuyu's house and was attacked

"Stop moving or you'll hurt yourself."

Groaning, I was able to make out her figure, leaning over me.

"If I knew that was going to be my welcome, I think I would have reconsidered coming here."

"Don't you even joke about that!" her tone was sharper than I remembered, "It's … it's been too long."

"... Cute kid-"

"Yes, he is." she sat down by his head, checking it over as he stared into her familiar eyes.

"... I'm glad that you-"

It was extremely painful when she smashed her hand into my face.

"Gah-!"

"You … you ran away and you thought that would be for the best?!" her eyes were filled with fury as she held his head.

"... I knew that my pain would only hurt-"

"I would rather deal with your spasms than your absence, Izuku ..." her eyes became cloudy before dense tears fell onto his face, "Now that you're back, don't think about disappearing again, okay?"

"What's-?"

"I'll prepare a room for you and everything, so get whatever you have out of the hole you crawled out of and come back."

"Wait a sec-!" even as I tried to escape, my muscles had degraded too much to form any decent resistance, but at least, I was able to interrupt, "What about Fumikage?"

"What about him?"

"T-That's a little callous towards your husband, isn't it?"

"... Aren't you being a little presumptuous?"

"... W-What do you mean?"

"Who said he was my husband?"

"B-But the kid!"

"Hinaze? Fumikage and I only had sex once and I got pregnant. He's off working somewhere and I take care of him and patrol as a local hero every so often."

"... Didn't you love him?"

"Of course I do, but he's … he felt as though he destroyed our relationship, so we never pursued one. We both love Hinaze, so we take care of him."

"... I … I don't ..."

She sighed and helped me sit up, and I was forced to lean against her as she hugged me.

"It was a rough time, for all of us, Izuku. I … betrayed you, and that was it. It's true, that seeing you in pain hurt, but I … I felt helpless, and I only wanted to help you."

"... Aren't you happier? Without me around?"

"No. I'm not." even though my body was numb, I … couldn't believe that any of this was happening.

"... I don't want to get in the way- between you and Hi-"

"If I asked Fumikage if he didn't want you around his kid, what do you think his answer would be?"

I knew the answer and she could tell that it wasn't necessary to spell it out. We were friends who had fought and trusted our lives to each other.

"... I'll only make you hurt …"

"I've given birth, Izuku, and there's no way you could hurt me that badly."

"Not that, but-"

"I would rather you be here, with me, than gone." she crooned, something that made me feel an unbelievable happiness well up from my scarred heart.

"I … I-"

"Everything's going to be okay, Izuku …" I slowly wrapped my arm around her as she nuzzled me.

I noticed, for the first time in years, that my body didn't hurt as much. I thought that I had died and gone to heaven.

But we both know that's not where I ended up.

One more chap after this. I ran outta time and caffeine.