For the next week, you didn't do much but go to your appointment to heal the rest of your broken ribs. You still were sore but, not as much as you were in the beginning. Did that mean you would do acrobats? Hell no. Your children were nothing but blessings to you absolutely refusing to let you do anything you didn't have to. It warmed your heart and they have been sleeping with you the entire week also. The first few days they would have panic attacks if they couldn't see you at all, even when you were in the bathroom. It has gotten a lot better but, they still wanted to sleep with you so you let them. They were only 5,6 and 7. They were babies who didn't get proper love and attention. You were working on a bunch of comic chapters since you had a lot of free time now so when you felt better you can upload about 5 chapters instead of a single one. A treat for keeping your supporters waiting for so long. You already had pre-recorded videos for hero-tube so you didn't have to worry about that flopping potentially. You had heroes visit you as well. Masaki, Yudai (Mr. Brave), Mt. Lady, Nemuri, Serpentress even. Surprisingly Keigo and Mirko stopped by for a few minutes before hopping/flying away since they were hella busy. The new hero rankings came out too and unsurprisingly All Might is number 1, Best Jeanist number 2, Hawks number 3, Edgeshot number 4, Mirko number 5, Crust hero number 6, Wash hero number 7, Ryuku number 8, Shield hero number 9 and Gang Orca number 10. That's when you realized you met half of Japan's top 10 heroes. Interesting.

"Mama, you're going to be okay?" You stared down at your three children as you waited for the school bus to pull up. You saw it down the block anyway.

"Mama is going to be fine. I want all of you to have a beautiful day at school alright? I'm not going anywhere so you three can tell me about your day when you come back this afternoon okay?" You got nods of affirmation from all of them and just in time too cause the bus came. You waited for them to get on and watched the bus drive off before heading back upstairs. To kill some time you threw in laundry, it was the only thing that needed to be done since you cleaned yesterday and Aizawa and Fatgum went food shopping for you. That was really sweet of them and the two of them got along surprisingly well. You watched some TV scrolling through your phone when a random message popped up from a number you didn't recognize. Curious, you tapped the message surprised to see an essay. You were going to scroll to the top to read but stopped when the three dots on the bottom kept going. You decided to just wait it out. You left your phone open and continued to watch TV until the pinging of new messages stopped. Once you were sure the person was done that's when you picked up the phone and scrolled to the top to begin reading. It was clearly a wrong number since the first few lines were this.

"I don't even know If this will reach anyone. I don't even know if this is the same number or if you changed it. I don't even know what I'm supposed to say this was just a spur-of-the-moment thing. I just needed a safe place to vent and if this does reach a random person I deeply apologize and feel free to delete this or even block the number."

You considered doing that but it seemed that whoever this person was, was missing someone deeply and just wanted to vent to the last number they remember this person having. Should you really read it?... Well, it is your phone number now and has been for the past 5 years so why not right? It's not like you plan on responding to it anyway. You had nothing else better to do either. You continued to read intrigued as to what this person was talking about. They were talking about their four younger siblings, a set of fraternal twins, a boy, and a girl that's the baby of the family. They even mentioned an older sister who they haven't spoken to in five years ever since she left their abusive home life with their mother and uncle. Also, how dad was put in jail for something he didn't do and was let out a year after the older sister left home. They said they haven't heard from their older sister in five years but, they are trying to rekindle their relationship with dad and hopefully, one day find the older sister. You had to put the phone down for a minute as a cold familiar feeling ran through you.

"Nah I'm overthinking this." You talked out loud to yourself whenever you got nervous. This person didn't even know you existed! You need to stop comparing your life to whoever they missed even if the situation was eerily similar. You did leave five years ago when you turned eighteen leaving behind five younger siblings. You were abused severely by your mother and uncle. Your dad did go to jail for something he didn't do...This was all too familiar and you felt tears prick behind your eyes and your throat tighten up. You took a shaky breath picking the phone up to finish reading. You had to get it together, you weren't the only abused child in the world that cut ties with a family completely. Even if this situation hit a little too close to home.

 You picked up where you left off at wanting and needing to know more. You kept reading as he- no you can't instantly think it's Izumari - vented and talked about their siblings. The twins started college and currently go to the same college as they do which is nice and all since all three of them requested to share an apartment on campus. They said the name of the college and to your surprise, it was about 2 ish hours from where you lived. That wasn't a bad commute at all. They kept talking and said the two youngest ones are 14 and 16 now - shit - and attend Shiketsu Academy, they wanted to be heroes. You felt your heart squeeze as a couple of tears spilled. You had memories of Lisvette and Michael running around happily talking about wanting to be heroes. Lisvette looked just like you, well all of you looked alike to be fair. You shook your head needing to know more. You had a hunch but, didn't want to jump to conclusions. The more you read the more certain you were that this was Izu. This was Izu. You're younger brother. He was talking about how much he missed you and filling you in on important stuff that you missed. You couldn't stop the waterworks if you wanted to. You had missed so much but, you had to. If you didn't leave that prison you were going to die and bring that bitch with you. Despite how you feel about your incubator she genuinely cared for your other siblings. You just happened to be the black sheep, scapegoat, and punching bag. That's why you left cause if you didn't you were going to kill her. He even said your name at the end.

"I know you hate me, you hate all of us, and honestly? I don't blame you. I don't blame you if I never see you again. Our incubator and Uncle did that to you. They messed you up for life. They both deserve to either be dead or in jail but of course, our father had to be the one to pay the price. He was the only one who protected you. God, I wish you can see him. Every day he searches for you. We search for you to be fair. Do you know those letters? I found them. It seems the incubator never burned them she kept them locked in the cellar. I found them all. You really are alive and thinking about us. I never knew."

You were full-on sobbing now. You had to finish though and cry after.

"I showed them to dad and guess what? He had a crate full of letters from you too. Ever since he was out he never changed his number, his P.O box, his address none of it. He always prayed that one day you would come to him and I don't blame him. It's a silly thing to hold on to because I know you're doing better, I know you're happier. You got your own life now and you need none of us apart of it...I guess I'm just being selfish cause I miss you. Himanaru and Michelle look for you too. I caught them researching missing persons, going to police stations, hell going into places they don't belong. We all got the letters you gave us individually. Let me show you something."

Through your tears, you opened up images and it was containers full of mail and letters and other little trinkets.

"I know this may not mean much. Hell, I don't even know if we will ever be able to get this to you but this is yours. All of it is yours. When you left we all wrote letters hiding it from her. Lisvette and Michael live in dorms and Michael got one more year and then he's off to make his own agency. Lisvette just started so she got three years to go. I'm rambling but I had to get this all off my chest. I needed this. I needed to pretend that maybe my sister would get this one day. We won't stop searching though. I miss you, I love you and I just wish things were different. I'll stop it here...I might write more later or maybe not...I love you so much Y/N."

You had thrown your phone across the room sobbing into your couch cushions. Your ribs were protesting but, you didn't care. You just got hit with so many emotions you weren't sure what to do, when, how, nothing. You were so confused. You spent the last five years worried about yourself, doing only for yourself, having to fight and fight until you reached a space that you knew you were safe in. You even adopted three children! You made so many friends as well! You have Ruska! Now, all of a sudden here you go finding out that Izu cared? They all genuinely cared? You went back down memory lane unlocking suppressed memories. You remembered how they would all sneak down and play with you when you were chained up, when you were starved they would go through one of the windows and feed you and give you some water, they would keep you up to date with events outside and their own lives, teach you everything they learned in school, hell they would defend you against the incubator and uncle as well even if it earned them bruises that they needed to wear makeup to cover. Why did your brain force you to lock that away? Why did you forget that they helped you as much as they could? Even though they were never treated the way you were? Even though the incubator and uncle pretended you never existed? You sat there still crying not understanding all of this. What were you supposed to do? Should you text back? Should you just leave it? Should you go to Shiketsu Academy and see for yourself? Is all of it worth the risk? Should you ask to see him and him only? What about the letters? Should you just get the letters? Should you go see your father? Should you call your father? You banged your head some more into the cushions feeling a headache. You needed a nap to figure all of this out. You were too drained to get up so you got as comfortable as you could on the sofa and fell into an uncomfortable sleep.

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