Chapter 21

A/N: The chapter is emotional and may have some triggering themes

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You were grabbing on tight to Endeavor using all your strength to make sure the two of you stood upright. You weren't sure if he noticed but he was putting two-thirds of his weight on you and that was totally fine as long as he lived.

"It took too long." You looked up at him ignoring the blood dripping onto you. Maybe you should use a little bit of your quirk?

"Shut up. You did amazing and you won. I bet Touya is on his way now." You didn't bother to ask him if you can use your quirk on him. You knew he would say no, so you just subtly healed some bruises on his back where you were holding him. The doctors will take care of the rest.

"Lemme grab him Y/N." You turned sharply to Hawks who looked way less intimidating with just about all of his feathers gone.

"No, lemme hold him." Your arms were getting tired of holding up 400 pounds of muscle but you had to endure way worse.

"I'm going to sit." You didn't say anything as you went to the ground with him until he was sitting. That's when you let him go. "Where are the cops and ambulance." You snorted looking around feeling the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

"Being swarmed by the vultures." You looked to see Hawks was looking around too. He must have sensed danger as well

"Why don't you look at this." You all jumped swiveling around to see who the hell was that. You felt your eyes almost pop out of your skull, your body stiffening up like steel. It was Hiro. Of course, the bastard would be here to make everyone's life a living hell. "What's the matter, Lizzy?" That made you flinch hard. You were shaking you knew you were shaking. You couldn't move. He was the only person in the world to instill this kind of fear in you. You escaped a few years ago but, you can still remember everything as if it was yesterday.

"Move Y/N." You jumped at the voice that you knew belonged to Hawks. You heard grunts and out the corner of your eye, you saw Endeavor trying to stand. Shit Y/N move. Fucking move.

"C-C-C-Can't" You were so scared and ashamed. He wasn't in charge of you anymore. He wasn't hurting you. He didn't control you anymore. However, standing there frozen in fear made you think that he was the puppeteer and you were the puppet.

"I can smell your fear all the way over here. It's divine." You gagged but, still couldn't move. You felt a hand slip into yours and you jumped moving your eyes to Hawks who pulled you forcefully and stood in front of you and Endeavor. It was no use all of you needed a miracle. "What I told you about misbehaving Lizzy. You're mine to do as I please not these wannabe heroes." You couldn't help it, bile came up forcing you to spew out green to the side. He was disgusting. "You'll be choking on more than that as soon as I get rid of these two." You saw some form of light come out of his hand a sickening grin covering his face. However, before he can move you heard crackling and someone yelling

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" You jumped at the voice before watching Hiro jump back to avoid being caved in by Mirko's foot.

"Great just when thing's were going good" Hiro looked like he was ready to fight but, then you felt the fire and in two blinks Dabi was standing in front of us blue flames alight

"Move an inch and I'll fry your ass." You looked between the two of them but, for some reason, you still couldn't move. What the fuck body. Move.

"As much as I'll love to go on an all-out brawl. I know when I'll struggle." Mirko wasn't having it

"FIGHT NOW!" He left in a cloud of black smoke Miruko hitting nothing and, that's when your body decided to sag. "He's a punk! He rather has a whole army to fight!" You looked up to see that Touya was now grabbing his dad and holding him while Miruko made his way over to you and Hawks.

"You look fine..." Hawks nodded and you ignored their gazes. You didn't feel like talking right now. You didn't even want to think. Your whole body was numb, your mind went numb. You, however, forced yourself to look at them not reacting to their winces. "Y/N..." You just shook your head. Not now. Everything today was too emotional. How can they become heroes and be okay? They weren't okay. They couldn't be. There's just no way. You opt to ignore everyone not in the mood for it. You had to wrap your head around the fact that you weren't okay. You felt selfish. You felt wrong. They were worried and they had every right to be worried. Thank God you didn't have to answer since the press, police, and ambulance caught up. You watched as the press herded the heroes and Endeavor were sent to the hospital with Toya in tow. Hawks was being patched for cuts while you just watched. Nothing was making sense. You couldn't grasp reality. You felt yourself spiraling and to avoid all of that in public you disassociated.

"Excuse me ma'am do you mind if we ask-"

"Who are you-"

"Why are you here-"

"Who was that man-"

"How do you know the top heroes-"

"We have seen you-"

It was all too much. They kept asking you questions and you couldn't answer. You stared as they shoved cameras, recorders, and microphones in your face demanding answers to questions you don't know how to respond to. Your patience was running thinner and thinner by the second the numbness turned to anger

"You have to answer-"

"Give us answers-"

"What makes you think you can ignore us-" You snapped. How dare they? How dare they.

"What the fuck is the matter with all of you? Huh? HUH? YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST POINT THOSE FUCKING CAMERAS IN SOMEONE'S FACE AND DEMAND ANSWERS! WHO THE FUCK YOU THINK YOU TALKING CRAZY TO!" They went silent. Stunned into submission. "THAT'S WHAT'S THE FUCK WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE. YOU JUST GO AROUND THRUSTING YOUR SHITS INTO SOMEONE'S FACE AND ASKING OBNOXIOUSLY RUDE QUESTIONS. A PERSON BECOMES A HERO BY CHOICE AND WHATEVER OR WHOEVER THEY CHOOSE TO INTERACT WITH WITHIN THEIR PERSONAL LIFE IS NONE OF YOUR DAMN CONCERNS." You huffed and were almost snarling at them. It was quiet. Silence. You felt all eyes burning into you and it was just too much.

"W-we j-just-" You couldn't even formulate a response to that. You let out a snarl making the front ones jump before turning and getting out of there. Fuck it. If you were going to go to jail or get in trouble it was going to be for using your quirk illegally or whatever stupid law they had now. You ignored the yells and everything else. You needed to go home. You let the muscles in your legs and tail carry you the wind hitting you in the face. You didn't care right now. You needed to cry and scream in peace. Faster than it normally takes you, you made it to your home glad that your window was open. You landed in a heap barely closing the window before you started sobbing loud and ugly. Your emotions were too high and it's been a while since you had a good cry so you did that. You cried. Snot, tears, and hiccups escaping you mixed with sounds caused by your quirk. You curled up in a ball crying yourself to sleep right there.

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Hawks and Mirko after dealing with the press and police went straight to the hospital to find out about Endeavor and possibly where Y/N lives.

"I know Endeavor is fine, he's always okay he got his family-"

"It's Y/N, right?" Hawks didn't need an answer. He knew already that Miruko was just as worried about you as he was. They never knew the full extent of damage Hiro did to you but, it was clear there was a lot of mental damage that you never recovered from. The physical you may have recovered from but, the mental? psychological? Emotional? You weren't doing as well as many people believed. As much as you wanted people to believe.

"Of course it's her, she's just...not okay. I feel like she shouldn't be alone. She was always alone. Always had to deal with everything herself while worrying and caring about others." Hawks said nothing. He agreed. He knew all too well how it felt to be used, be seen as a toy, have no one genuinely cares, and always have to figure everything out for yourself. He was in a similar predicament until he opened up to Rumi, Endeavor, and hopefully you. Before they knew it, they were in front of the hospital and after getting past security, guided by doctors, and being ogled by fans they were finally with the Todoroki's. As expected the whole family was there and thankfully Endeavor was sitting up looking like a grumpy mummy.

"Well, you don't look so hot. Glad to see you're awake though." Endeavor rolled his eyes subtly giving them the middle finger.

"They said in a few days he will be able to go home but, he has to take a break from hero work for at least a week and I'm going to make sure he actually does that, right baby?" Rei glared at him with a smile and honestly, he would be a fool to go against her. Rei was a sweetheart but, she was a force to be reckoned with.

"I'm pretty sure Toya will handle everything just fine. You taught him well and Rei will help if he needs help." Mirko surprisingly let his guard down around the family but, it was to be expected.

"Yeah...There's another reason why you're here right?" Hawks shifted his gaze from Endeavor looking at the rest of them before sharing a look with Rumi.

"Well...did you see the news?" At their confused gazes, Hawks grabbed the remote switching the TV on. They watched before they gasped at the outburst Y/N had before she left disappearing behind buildings.

"She had an encounter with Hiro right before-" Rumi was cut off by Rei shoving a piece of paper in his hands. He looked at it before showing it to Hawks. He read it and saw that it was an address

"That's where she lives. She doesn't need to be alone for too long. When you get there just tell her we gave you the address. The rest is in your hands. Now go." They didn't need to be told twice. With quick waves goodbye, they were out of the hospital and on their way. You weren't too far from the hospital only about 20 minutes but the way they were moving they'll probably be there in 10 minutes.

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You didn't stay asleep for too long the crick in your neck waking you up. Once you woke up you decided to run a bath. You got Epsom salt, lavender, and Eucalyptus for relaxation. Once the bath was set you slowly stripped staring at yourself. You normally didn't care how you looked but, at this moment you did. The scar tissue from the tools, the fire, and the nomu's marred your body making your once beautiful clear skin ugly. There was nothing else to describe it. It was ugly. A lot of people wouldn't dare want you not wanting to have to look at your body. It was such a depressing thought. You decided to stop looking at yourself before you broke another mirror and got in the tub. A half an hour later you were in a two-piece fuzzy white set that you wore when you were feeling vulnerable and needing comfort. Not two minutes into sitting down you heard two frantic knocks on your door. Strange. No one really knew where you lived. You panicked for two seconds thinking it was Hiro

"Baby carrot if you hear me can you open the door? It's just me and Hawks." You rose an eyebrow cautiously walking to the door. How come they were here? How did they know where you lived? You cautiously opened the door and to your surprise, your two crushes were standing there. At least they looked how you felt. Hawks' hair and feathers were an absolute mess all puffed up and he stripped off his coat. Mirko looked very sweaty and his ears were flopped down instead of straight up like they normally are.

"How come-" You just shook your head confused at the whole thing. Whatever. You looked them both up and down before turning and gesturing for them to come in. You waited until you heard them both come in and close the door to make your way to the kitchen to make tea for them. You already knew what they liked. Mirko liked ginger lemon tea and Hawks liked his straight black. You heard shuffling making your way to the living room where they both were sitting on the floor. You handed them each their respective teas before sitting on the couch. It was an awkward silence that you wanted them to break

"Rei and them, we showed them the news." You flinched at that a red feather making its way to you and you allowed it. "They didn't know and we didn't know how to ask where you lived without coming off creepy but, thankfully Rei gave it to us with no hesitation." He was looking off to the side to Rumi to continue while taking a sip of tea.

"She said you shouldn't be alone and we agree. That outburst came from somewhere." Maybe it was the fact that you were still high strung on emotions or feeling vulnerable or maybe everything in between. You started shaking violently. You didn't even register hands taking the tea from you and two sets of arms wrapped around you. You let out a violent sob clutching onto them.

"Okay baby bird, it's okay. You're safe. We are here." You didn't know what was going on but, you felt the ground below you shift. "We aren't going to hurt you. We promise." Hawks started cooing and rubbing your head to calm you down. It was the only fond memory he had of his mother when he was little and scared.

"You mean a whole lot more to us than you'll ever understand baby carrot." It was all too much. Your emotions were running high. Your tail-wagging violently hitting a switch turning the couch into a pull-out bed. You yelped hearing grunts before soft laughter huffed on your neck

"This is definitely convenient." You let out a choked laugh trying to calm down. It took a little longer this time but, with the soothing hands on your hips and back you had calmed down significantly. You were tired though. Very tired.

"It's okay baby carrot. You can go to sleep. I and Keigo will be here. We promise to not leave." You wanted to believe them, you really did

"Promise?" It came out slurred a bit but, they heard you

"We promise baby bird. Now sleep." The soft caresses and promise were enough to lull you to sleep. Maybe it was your imagination but, you think you felt the light brush of lips on your face but, you were too far gone to confirm.

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Definitely way longer than what I normally write.

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