To say sleep came easily for either of them would be a lie. Aoi had quickly found her mind unable to shut off even as her body protested and wanted nothing more than to go to sleep. But it was hard as she seemed to become almost hyper aware that there was indeed another body in her bed with her. Even if both of them had tried as hard as possible to leave some space between them, the bed was still only so big. And she had not purchased it with the plan to ever actually share the bed with another person. Sure the queen size bed could easily fit another with her but she was used to being able to spread out in the middle and take up as much room as she wanted to. But now she was nearly hanging off the edge of the bed as she laid on her side trying not to simply panic. This was not as good of an idea as she had anticipated it to be.
Once again it was not like she expected the man beside her to do anything to her. He seemed far too shy and nervous to actually touch her. Even now he was doing the same thing as her. Laying on his side with his back to her and trying to keep as much room as possible between them. It wasn't like it was any sort of rational fear that was keeping her up. Hell she was almost curious to look over her shoulder and see if the man was also panicking like she was. But she never had to look over her back as she noticed a sudden glow of a cell home as it seemed the man had pulled his device out of his pocket.
"I hope you don't mind if I check my phone for a bit," came his soft voice from behind her, he almost sounded guilty as he noticed how much his phone lit up the dark room even as he quickly turned the brightness down as low as it could go.
"It's fine," she replied as she yawned and shuffled softly trying to get comfortable. She didn't usually sleep on her side. She more often slept on her back. Maybe that was the issue now? But she did not dare eliminate what little space was between them as she closed her eyes and tried to focus on taking slow and even breaths. Still getting her mind to shut off felt impossible.
Izuku was in no better position than the woman beside her as he was no were close to falling asleep. It was much earlier than he would typically be in bed. He often worked all day and well into the evening before he would get home in time to crash and then be up early again and back at his agency. That was when he wasn't crashing on the couch in his agency to sleep. That's at least how his life felt the last few months. It's probably why when he asked for a few days off there was no arguing from his agency or friends. They had probably expected the man to eventually crash under the pressure he was putting on himself lately.
He'd be lying if he didn't admit he had not gotten so much sleep in a while. And it was nice not running off of only a few hours a night. But still not working out was now making him restless as he laid beside the woman listening to the slightly fast pace of her breath. Or the way she seemed to shift ever so often as if to try and get comfortable but she couldn't. Her body was extremely rigid so no wonder she couldn't get comfortable. Dang it Izuku needed a distraction before he found himself zoned in even more on the woman than he was already as he listened to her and would at times try and glance over his shoulder even though in the dark he could not really see her.
In the end he gave up and asked if she was okay with him using his phone. She said it wasn't an issue but he still turned down the brightness the best he could and tried to shift the blanket around the device to try and keep the light from completely lighting up the entire room. Now that he was free he returned to his texts with Kacchan to once again look over the text for what his friend considered the best brand for anything kitchen cookware. Though it was not the only thing he had been starting to search for. Izuku remembered that he had gotten her other set of bedsheets all bloody. So of course he was looking through some sets. The other ones she had before had been a soft grey. Assuming it was best to replace them it seemed the right thing today. As well as a few new towels in the memories of her small hands having held a towel to his side before she had stitched him up. She had also been feeding him which seemed only far away; he was now flipping through a local grocery store he knew would deliver straight to her front door.
He was filling shopping carts on a few different sites but he was a little hesitant on just completely buying it all right off the bat. He wanted to but of course he worried about how the woman would react to his attempt at repaying her kindness. If he instead offered her money to let her replace what he had ruined would she accept it or turn him down? Maybe he should wait and see once morning comes? Yes, that sounded like the best idea at the moment. But that did not stop him from still window shopping on his phone as he tried to wait till he felt tired once the body beside him had finally relaxed and soft, even breathing had filled the bedroom. Knowing she had been comfortable enough to fall asleep with him only a foot away made the man happy.
Finally he put his phone down running out of things to do as he checked his social media, replied back to Kacchan happy to know the blonde would be asleep by this hour and he would not start replying till he got up. So to keep from a rude four am wake up Izuku turned his phone to silent mode before slipping it away as he finally found himself rolling over onto his back with a soft sigh as he closed his eyes more than happy to welcome the blissful sleep.
The sound of the doorbell ringing was the first thing that woke Aoi up. It was early, her sleep fogged brain had not yet registered what had woke her, only that she did not yet wish to get up as her nose nuzzled into the warmth she was currently clinging to. Rather literally, her arm was wrapped around the warm pillow while a leg had also been tossed over it as she tried to get even closer to the warmth. It also smelt nice as her face nuzzled into the warmth.
It was not till her doorbell rang once again that she became a little more awake and a little more aware that what her limbs were wrapped around was not a nice smelling warm pillow. Nope she wished it was but instead it was a warm, nice smelling body she had nearly wrapped herself around. Her leg was tossed over the top of his thighs. Her arm had laid over his stomach and she had even grabbed a handful of his shirt. Her face was nuzzled into his side under his arm. It wasn't till the body suddenly moved that she panicked. In an instant she had untangled herself from Midoriya and had thrown herself back and away from him.
Of course as she did she watched tired eyes blink up at her as she felt her face going red. The third ring of her doorbell finally had her kicking off the bed nearly falling off of it as she struggled to get her body to move. Although taking the blanket with her only added another hurdle in trying to get off the bed. She nearly fell off the bed as she tossed herself away from the man with her limbs flailing to try and untangle herself from the blanket that had previously been covering her and him.
"Coming," She yelled out as she picked herself up off the floor and ran for the front door unable to look back at Izuku who was now fully awake and had watched the entire event as the dark haired woman had pretty much fallen off the bed after she had jumped back away from him. Though he frowned softly as he slowly sat up. Where she had been laying against him now felt extremely cold with her warmth no longer there. It had been nice for the bare second it had lasted. He wished he could have enjoyed it.
Running up to her door Aoi looked through the peephole carefully. What she saw surprised her. It appeared to be a young girl. Long silver hair laid along her shoulders and down her back. A simple dark jacket covered her top half but a dark green skirt stuck out underneath with black socks that stopped just below her skirt. Large round red eyes seemed to nervously look around before Aoi finally started to unlock her front door. Though she was still a little hesitant to open the door as she cracked it open and glanced at the young girl who looked in her late teens at best.
"May I help you?" She asked, eyeing up the young woman who was blinking, seeming a little surprised to see the dark haired woman standing in her own doorway. A small horn was poking through the young girl's silver locks as she looked at the stranger before her.
"Uhm I am looking for Midoriya Izuku," the teen asked with a soft voice as she held a school bag over one shoulder.
Aoi blinked once as she took in that the teen who looked incredibly out of place was looking for the hero who was currently laying in her bed, and who she had moments ago been asleep cuddled up next to. That thought had her blushing softly to herself as she felt her ears grow warm.
"Oh okay. The moron is in the bedroom," She said, stepping back to open the door more allowing the kid into her home before quickly closing and fully locking up her front door again. At least the kid had manners as she thanked Aoi for being allowed in as she stepped in and toe'd her shoes off before waiting for the dark haired woman to turn and start walking back towards the bedroom she had just moments ago come from.
It was quite the sight seeing the aftermath of the slightly rude awakening Aoi had suffered. Her blanket had been ripped off the bed and was a mess on the floor as it had been dragged across the floor after her. Izuku was sitting up against the headboard of her bed, his green locks a mess even more than normal on the top of his head from sleep. And of course as the two women walked into the room his face lit up.
"Eri's you made it. You didn't have to get here before your classes, you could have come after," The man said, smiling widely at the teen who was now walking towards him, smiling back at the man.
"Well I have made you wait a while already, it seemed unfair to make you wait any longer. It was also easier for me to come before my classes today. So let's not linger any longer. Where did you put the newest hole in yourself?" the kid asked. It was a little surprising how mature the kid seemed. There had to be at least eight years difference between herself and the kid who Izuku had called Eri's. For her young age she sounded mature, almost more mature than the green haired idiot who was supposed to be a pro hero and an adult himself.
It was as he was pulling his shirt up and over his head that the young girl once again seemed to register that she and the hero were not alone. Those bright large red eyes quickly glanced over at the dark haired woman who was simply standing back with her arms gently crossed over her chest once again taking in the sight of the scars that littered his body. But this time Aoi was taking in the sight of the bruises that still littered the man's body. Her frown deepened as she took in the sight of the black and blue bruises that littered the man's chest. Sure the stab wound had its own ugly bruise that encased the jagged skin but the fact he bore other bruises still made her unhappy. Just what kind of beating had this idiot taken? She was so busy taking in the slowly healing bruises that she never even noticed the girl glance over at her before looking back at Izuku.
"Uhm so who is your new friend Izuku?" Eri asked as she looked away from the woman who had let her into the apartment. That question had the greenette blush softly.
"Oh that's my neighbor. Eri's meet Sugahara Aoi. Sugahara this is Aizawa Eri, she's still a student at UA but she's in her third year. She's training to be both a hero but also a healer. I'm lucky to have her working for my agency along with a few others. But that tends to have her jumping around while she also works with Recovery Girl at UA itself," Oh wow note to self because what she tells the hero who seemed far to open for his own good. Aoi almost sighed to herself as the man rambled on about the young girl he was introducing to her.
"It's very nice to meet you, Miss Sugahara," The girl said with a quick bow before now turning her attention to Izuku as she took in the injury.
"Same to you Aizawa," Aoi said as she stood back and watched the teen get to work inspecting the stab wound that Aoi had stitched up the best she could.
One glance told Eri who ever had stitched up Izuku had not had any true medical training but still the stitching was done by someone with a steady hand and a good deal of practice even if the stitch was wrong to be used for closing a wound like that. Now whether the steady hand came from stitching people up or clothes she couldn't say but none the else it was far from the worse tending to a wound she had seen before. There did not seem to be anything wrong aside from the oblivious hole in Izuku's body, no sign of infection, the stitches had held well considering they were not designed for and yet she somehow used an actual medical brand thread. It didn't seem high grade by the looks but still it was not just anything like cloth thread. That had Eri glance again at the stranger who lived in the apartment beside the man she looked up to since he saved her. But this woman seemingly had experience stitching people up if her steady hand and use of medical brand materials was anything to go off of.
"Well there's no sign of infection, the wound looks like it's been kept clean and you surprisingly did not rip a single stitch. Give me three seconds and I will have you back to normal," The girl said as the little horn on her head seemed to start to glow and Aoi was greeted with the sight of watching the girl heal the man before her eyes. It was amazing watching the hole in Deku's side quickly disappear and in a few seconds the skin was back to normal. This time though not even a scar remained. The bruises along his torso even seemed to disappear. It was a rather amazing sight to watch as the girl leaned back and took her hands off of Izuku as she gave his side a once over a final time before she nodded her head softly to herself happy with her work.
"Well look at that. Not even a scar," Aoi said out loud as she blinked her eyes still taking in the sight of the hero before her now back to his normal peak shape. No more bruises or hole in his body, and watching him shift and stretch his body she could tell the pain was also gone. Aoi would be lying if she did not admit she was rather jealous of such a great power.
"Amazing isn't it?" Izuku said, smiling widely at the dark haired woman who was still trying to process what she had seen, "Eri's rewind quirk is pretty amazing. She is able to revert a body back to a previous state. It makes healing for her very fast and easy."
Aoi arched an eyebrow as she found her eyes trailing up to the large scar on Izuku's right arm. She wanted to ask about the large scars all over him and it seemed he noticed too as he blushed softly and rubbed the back of his neck with a light chuckle.
"But there's a downside. She can't heal my old injuries from my days of training without taking my body back to a state of what it was like before I trained for my quirk," Izuku answered her unasked question.
"Well that makes sense. If she doesn't actually heal in the traditional sense but she rewinds time then your body would probably have to go back to a child-like state too huh? So then is rewinding all you can do? Can you fast forward time too?" Now Aoi's interest had turned to the kid with the incredibly interesting quirk. Her own little geeky side was slipping through. At first she had always hated others with quirks but she had outgrown that childish thought some time ago. Now instead she found it incredibly interesting to learn about quirks. Eri did not seem all that surprised by the sudden question. Then again seeing how obsessed the hero on her bed was with All Might and his fellow hero's she had a feeling Izuku had also asked the same questions.
"I can only rewind the body. I can not take a body forwards in time, only backwards," She answered simply.
"Hmm that's still an incredible power," Aoi said softly and nodded her head to herself still thinking over the powers she had just witnessed. But she kept her further questions to herself.
"Well I need to get heading to school before I am late," The kid said as she shifted her weight a little from one foot to the other.
"Oh okay we don't want to make you late," Izuku said as he moved to stand up and slipped his shirt back on now hiding the view of his muscular chest.
"You should walk her out of the neighborhood. This is not a place that a young girl should be walking alone through," Aoi said quickly, not liking the idea that the girl had walked to the apartment alone, there was no way she would let the kid leave alone.
"It's fine I can take care of myself," The kid said which was a quick reminder that she was indeed a hero in training and in her final year at that too. Still it did not sit well with Aoi.
"Are you sure?" She asked, her lips pressing together and her eyebrows pulling tight together as looked over at the young woman she still saw as a kid even though the two of them were nearly the same height.
"You don't need to worry about Eri. She's a very skilled young hero. She has her license and is more than able to protect herself," Izuku added though he was fully ready to walk with her though he had a feeling she wouldn't let him try to walk her to school.
It seemed they both were going to be stubborn on this topic and would not budge when Aoi looked between the two of them frowning as neither budged. Well then was it really worth arguing over if she was outnumbered? It probably was not worth the argument as she sighed softly to herself.
"Okay if you are both sure," She said softly as she turned to head out of her bedroom and back to the front door to start unlocking the number of locks on the door. She could hear both hero's walking through her home behind her as she led the way to the door and unlocked it as the girl gave them both a simple goodbye before stepping out and Aoi quickly relocked her door. Though Aoi was quickly reminded that she still had someone who did not live in her home standing beside her. It would be impolite to just kick him out now but still it felt odd having him standing beside her no longer needing her assistance to make sure he stayed standing upright.
"Well I do not know about you but I am hungry. Would you like to stay for breakfast?" She asked, glancing over at the man who was standing tall beside her. He felt so much taller now that he was not hunched over or leaning against her.
"Oh! Yes please your cooking is extremely good," Izuku said quickly following as the woman walked into her kitchen.
"You're not bed ridden any more, there's no need for you to try and flatter me," She said simply, more use to her company leaving as soon as they could rather than stick around.
"Huh oh no it wasn't exactly flattery I was aiming for, I was just telling the truth. I'd rather eat your cooking than my own," Izuku said quickly blushing as he wanted to say it was a compliment but had a feeling she still would not see it that way.
Aoi sighed softly, her mood a little foul, was it the rude wake up? Or the thought that she expected the man to now just up and leave? She enjoyed his company so she shouldn't get upset he was staying for breakfast.
"Well then do you have any requests?" She asked, trying to rein in her irritation.
"Not at all," The man said, giving her a wide grin as he moved to take a seat at her table were he could watch her work.