Minoru couldn't bring himself to fall asleep the day of waking up to the realization of his missing arm. Truth be told, he didn't think he'd sleep peacefully for a good long while. Phantom pains came sooner than he had anticipated and kept him from falling asleep. So he just spent most of the night just messing around on his phone. Playing some app games that didn't really need two hands, reading fanfics, and just watching stupid videos.

ANYTHING to make the time go by faster. The silence was killing him. Recovery Girl came to check on him every so often but he didn't really feel like talking and she could sense it too. So her check ups stayed short and to the point. Minoru knew it was only going to be a matter of time before his frien-...

Minoru's POV:

Are they my friends? No really. Is anyone in my class really my friend? I know for a fact none of the girls are. Not even Tsu, Ochako or Mina and they're nice to everyone. I mean, they've never actually flat out said they didn't like me but I can kinda take a hint. Jirou sure as Hell had no issue saying how much she doesn't like me. Toru, Mina and Momo included and to be perfectly honest. Who could really blame them?

To be even more honest I wouldn't even be surprised if none of them came to visit me. Not even Momo and I saved her life. She may just come to see if I'm okay so she doesn't feel guilty.

Tch, I'm really not sure if I even want them to visit me. Look it's obvious I'm not liked by my classmates and the last thing I want is for them to flock to me and pretend like they care suddenly. The last thing I want right now is pity.

The only one's I could really consider even being close to friends are Kaminari and Midoriya. Midoriya being sort of a maybe. Kaminari? I'm not really sure if he hangs out with me because he actually likes hanging with me or he just doesn't have anything better to do. However it beat being alone all the time so I didn't really question him.

But now? Now I question everything. I have so many new questions and no way of gaining answers. It sucked. It felt like my mind was going all over the place. A good chunk of me was still trying to process all this as real. I really lost an arm. My arm is gone. It's never coming back.

No matter how many times I keep repeating this to myself...my mind just doesn't want to accept this. My conscious keeps trying to deny the truth and then there's this new quirk that suddenly developed in me. Why now of all times? There were so many other moments where I could have used this power the most, yet it chooses now of all times? AFTER my arm got cut off?

Speaking of this new quirk, he had been so caught up in his thoughts that he hadn't really thought about it much. It was some kinda purple smoke quirk Aizawa said? How does it work? How do I call it out?

"Sigh, I really need to relax and sleep. I've been up pretty much all frigging night." As I shut off my phone and stretched my arm outward to place it on the small table next to my hospital bed, my fingers slipped and the phone fell out of my hand.

"Crap!" I cursed as I tried to quickly grab it but missed, then just when I thought my phone would hit the floor and possibly crack...

Purple smoke seeped out from my arm and quickly stretched downward and caught my phone mid fall. My eyes widened in shock, I didn't do that.

The smoke then stretched back upward and placed the phone on the table before fading away. I could only sit there. Eyes wide and jaw dropped.

"Woah." That was so cool! How did I do that though? In fact...I don't even think I did it at all. I think it did it on it's own.

"Hmmm. Maybe it has a mind of its own?" Not sure if that's cool or creepy though. Either way this needs more testing, but later.

Right now I just needed to get some sleep while I could. The phantom pains seem to have stopped already. So I can hurry and catch some Zs. With that I laid back down in the bed and began to drift off until I heard the sound of my phone notifications go off. I groaned and sat back up and grabbed my phone to check my notifications. I was placed in a group chat that consisted of Iida, Momo, Izuku, Denki, Mina and Tsu.

I was a little taken back but didn't text anything. I simply waited for someone to say something. Then after a few seconds of waiting the first message popped up.

Izuku: "Mineta? Are you awake?"

I didn't reply. I just...couldn't bring myself to.

Momo: "We wanted to know if you're okay."

Iida: "I heard about what you did Mineta, and I cannot deny I'm both surprised and proud of you."

Oh what? Am I not capable of doing anything remotely good? Agh, I groan gripping my phone tightly.

Denki: "Yeah man, you did something really awesome and you deserve some appreciation."

Tsu: "That it was really brave and selfless of you Mineta. I'm really sorry that it cost you so much."

Momo: "Please. If you're reading these, respond. We'd like to talk. However if you are not feeling well we understand."

Iida: "You did just go through a rather traumatic experience."

Denki: "Yeah man, you're probably still shaken up and stuff. You're not really that guy that works well under pressure."

Izuku: "Just relax and rest if you have to and we can just talk some other time. It's fine."

Tsu: "We're here for you when you need it."

I shut my phone off and harshly set it back on the table. I groan and lay back down in my bed. I understood their feelings, really I did but just...for some reason all that just made me angry.

I can take it. I can. If I couldn't I'd still be freaking out and bawling my eyes out. I just gotta think for a while. Time. That's all I need. Time.

At least. I hope time is all I need. I think to myself as I slowly let my drowsiness take over, making me drift off to sleep finally. Maybe tomorrow I'll have some sort of answer.

To Be Continued...

With that Minoru is slowly transitioning out of the denial stage but with the passing of denial...comes anger.