Grounded. The audacity!

After all this time they've been keeping me here with my senses!

Well, sucks to suck! I now know how to get out.

After refusing to clean the meat off the ceiling Shota dragged me to the spot of the crime and forced me. I tried to do it as slowly as possible until he threatened to ground me longer.

He said something along the lines of "This what it means to be grounded".

Bull Crap.

It's not like he hasn't grounded me before. But to take away all my privileges! The crime does not match the punishment. Even when he found out I was the cause of the Paper Apocalypse the punishment matched the crime.

No friends and Tv for two weeks. Along with 24-hour supervision for a week! THIS IS NOT FAIR!

It's high time that, that stupid man starts letting me out. Alone!

Who cares if people started talking about the wolf at UA? They wouldn't be able to connect a human to a wolf. Why does he have to be so worried?

I mean I get it. I get that I haven't, I mean, I'm not the best with others. I understand why they want to keep me here, safe. Locked up.

But, come on! I'm stable enough. The stuff that happened, happened and that was like an eon ago.

My heart was picking up as I paced in my room. I'd slammed my door a couple of hours ago. I didn't want to talk to Shota.

I am mad at him. Completely and utterly furious.

There was no way in any space in my mind that I felt guilty. Absolutely no space. Who cares if I broke one of the rules? Not me.

I could feel it was getting later in the day. The long-gone sun and my growling stomach agreed. But It doesn't matter because I'm not hungry. Well, I'm not that hungry.

My stomach protested with a loud growl.

I don't care. I don't care. I do not care.

I slide down the wall and tucked my head between my knees.

I don't care. It's not fair.

I could smell dinner and knew Shota would come knock on my door. But I just don't want to talk to him.

I'm scared. I know I disappointed him.

I could hear his footsteps coming down the hall. The knock. Once, twice, a sigh, then "Izuku?"

I was going to respond but the words got caught in my throat. Maybe I did feel a bit guilty. I don't know.

I could hear my heart throbbing in my ears.

"Izuku. I'm coming in."

Please no.

The door opened. "Kid. I'm leaving for patrol after dinner."

The blood pressure in my head spiked. "Wait. Don't leave me." I couldn't look at him

"Kid, we've talked about this. I need to work. Mic is coming over. He knows the rules, what you like and don't like. Don't worry about it."

The pounding in my ears picked up. He can't leave. He's always leaving. He can't leave. What if he gets hurt-

The words Hound Dog said pooped into my head. "When you start getting anxious just breathe." I know he said other things, but I had spaced out when I saw a bird outside.

Nezu and Aizawa both agreed a couple months back that I needed to talk to Hound Dog. Something about high levels of anxiety. I overheard them talking about my incapability of talking to other kids and separation anxiety. Which is totally untrue.

I must have been starring into space because Shota placed his hand on my head. It scared me.

"Come on let's eat."

"Okay."

~~~

We were eating when the doorbell rang. I could smell Mic. Shota didn't have time to get up and answer before Mic started to try to get in only to realize the door was locked. Izuku prof.

"Hold on Hizashi" Shota huffed.

"LET ME IN!" He screamed back.

I thumped my head on the table. It must have gained Shota's attention because he spoke up, "It's going to be okay."

I was still mad, so I didn't respond.

Mic busted through the door as soon as it opened. I didn't lift my head from the table. I didn't need to see to know that Shota was getting ready. Putting his shoes on, getting his hero suit, all that kind of stuff.

"Izuku, how are you? Wow, that dinner looks amazing. What do you want to do? Maybe a game of Uno?"

I tilted my head enough so I could give him a side glance. I glared. Or at least I tried too. It didn't seem to affect him.

He walked and started helping himself to our dinner. Shota walked up to me. "I'm going. I love you. See you tomorrow."

I turned my head laying down on the other side, so I couldn't see him.

He sighed, said goodbye, and left.

When I heard the door click, I got nervous. Almost lonely.

"Little listener, what do you want to do?"

I just felt like running to my room so that's what I did. I made sure to shift into a wolf, so I didn't have to talk to Mic.

About 10 minutes later he came up to me. "How about we play that game of Uno?"

~~~

I ended up playing a couple of rounds. It was distracting.

"Kay, kiddo. It's almost eleven, time for bed."

"Time is an illusion."

"Okay, I'll give you 10 more minutes. Sho's gonna kill me if I let you stay up any longer. It's already way past both our bedtimes."

I huffed. "I don't need sleep."

To be honest. I was more comfortable around Mic than most of the other staff of UA. Mic has always let me get away with stuff. Discounting Lunch Rush of course. It's why Shota asked him if he would stay the nights he had to patrol. But it wasn't the same. He isn't Shota.

"We all need it. Even if some people don't like to admit it." He emphasized 'some' while he cleaned off a coffee mug.

"What if he's hurt?"

"He's not."

"What if he's dying and I'm not there? What's going to happen when he never comes back?"

"He's coming back. He'll be here tomorrow."

"But, what if-"

"You sound more worried than mad. Given it's concerning the person who just grounded you."

I hung my head. "You know?"

"Sho told me. I thought about breaking the rules and turning on a show. But it's the first day, and TV is overrated. I prefer card games."

"Chess?"

"Not in this lifetime. Nezu forces enough games out of me."

I laughed. He makes me play it too. It was boring. Though he hasn't played as much since I won that one time.

"I don't like chess," I said. Changing the topic back, "I can help. I can help him. I could be his sidekick, then he would never have to leave."

"Then he would worry about you instead of taking down villains."

"I wouldn't get in the way."

"That's not the point. He would be 10 times the amount of worry you feel right now if you were with him. He would be unfocused. He's a pro. He won't get hurt."

I didn't care to respond. I also didn't want to admit that Mic's words had somehow helped me feel less worried.

At 11:30 Mic finally said that Sho would now kill him and made me promise I wouldn't tell that we stayed up this late. At 12 I was lying in bed. 12:15, I heard Mic falling asleep on the couch. 12:30, my ears started hearing that fake noise when it was quiet for too long. 1 am, I felt that dread come over me again. The next time I looked at the clock it was 3.

I don't remember what happened, but then the next thing I knew the sun was rising.

At 7 I could smell the eggs being cooked. They smelled differently than when Sho made them. There wasn't the normal 'brunt' smell.

I walked out my stomach growling. My body using food to counter my lack of sleep.

"Good morning! How are you on this fine day?"

I sat down at the table while he dished me eggs with bacon and cheese. "Slow. Why isn't he back?"

"Don't worry he texted me. He had to stop by the police station and ended up falling asleep there. He's driving her right now."

Knowing that he was coming back lifted my spirits. "Can we meet him down stares? Please!"

"Sure kid, why not?"

"You're the best!" I ran to the door trying to open it. Sadly, the anti-Izuku door worked better than UA. Nezu came and installed it himself. That was three weeks ago. I think it's a challenge from the rat. I didn't do anything wrong. It's a DNA lock. Which I am not programmed into. I've been trying to come up with ways to get around it. It also appeared when I won that game against him.

"Hold on kiddo. You know the rules."

"Rules suck!"

He walked over and opened the door. It didn't matter though. Sho was standing in the doorway. He looked dead tired.

I couldn't help my mouth, "You looked like a dying fish."

"I do not!"

"Do too!"

"Sho, you kind of do."

"Do not." He turned to look around, "And where is my coffee cup!"

"I washed them!"

"What? They all have their place! How dare you!"

I watched as they bickered. The world felt right again, even if I was still grounded.

This so called grounding won't stop me from causing chaos. As long as Shota doesn't leave.