Marks points of view

I can't believe the guardians of the global dead yeah I knew before everyone else but now hearing it on the news that's... That's another thing and the funeral is being planned for later this week. It's becoming a national holiday after everything. This just makes it all real now.

I just I don't know how to handle it if this could happen to the guardians of the globe then that means that not all of us are ...

I know that with them dead I have to pull even more weight. I even thought about joining the guardians of the globe. I told my dad about it but he would like to train me himself... and my mum would kill me if I missed any more school, but I don't know maybe joining the guardians of the globe is the right thing to do it's what izuku is doing and he's not even from our world

I know for a fact that he's gonna get in hell he beat up half the superhero community in the city when he was in a rampage mode imagine what he could do if he was actually thinking there's no way he's not gonna get in apparently they're having the trials after the funeral so who knows? Maybe I'll have more time to convince my dad and mom to let me join at least as a part-time.

Right now, I'm just in my room trying not to think about how the world changing so quickly and also waiting to see if Amber is gonna call me back

Izuku knocks at the door: hey Mark can I come in?

He's so polite: yeah sure come in man

Izuku comes in and he still wearing that plain T-shirt and trousers he doesn't really seem to be into flashy outfits. I can tell that by his hero costume despite being ripped and torn it's not really iconic

Izuku: listen your mom and dad are out and Cecil's asked me to meet with him he's got something he wants me to do... Nothing end of the world apparently he wants to think about enrolling me in education but he wants to get a general grasp of what I know beforehand which I guess makes sense I mean I'm 200 years ahead of you guys so chances are the educational system is... Different

I look at him with a questionable glance: you really think so?

Izuku shrugged: i'm not sure but since you guys are 200 years behind and probably haven't had the same history as my world it's possible that some moments in history that happened in my world didn't happen here what happened differently? Also your grasp of science and mathematics could be completely different to mine. I did a bit of research and it is similar. It's just... It's... It's different. Let's just leave it at that. I just want to let you know that you're gonna be on your own.

Well, it's nice for him to tell me that: well thanks... Hey izuku can I ask you something?

He leans against the door and nods: sure what's on your mind?

I've been feeling this way for a while but I never really thought about talking to someone about it. I mean my dad is OK and everything but... I don't think he's handling the death of his friends. Well he refuses to refer to them as that and calls them colleagues, maybe he's just in denial and he's telling me that I need to focus on what's important, but I don't know if I can

So I asked the question: have you ever lost someone?

Izuku didn't even take a second: yeah I have... Why do you ask?

Sitting on my bed looking down at my hands as they fidget I'm not really sure how to ask this: how did you... How did you cope with it?

It takes a few seconds for him to respond: the simplest answer is I didn't... Mark I know what this is about. I know that you weren't crazy close to the guardians of the globe but you didn't know them didn't you?

I nod: yeah dark wing was even at my sixth birthday party as a surprise guest... And now that they're gone I just feel... I don't know I feel sad I guess I didn't know them as well as my dad did but they were his friends and he's telling me that I shouldn't moan for them. I should focus on what's important so how do I do that

Izuku: well the truth pain will be there for awhile and it's gonna suck believe me. I know I didn't sleep for a week when I lost the person that I did and we weren't even that close. Heck he hated me for the most time I knew him and I was only about... a month but when he was gone, I didn't sleep for three days. I still have nightmares about it.

that doesn't really help: but how do I move on from this? I didn't fight alongside them. I knew them... They were friends and some regards family how do I cope with that How do I move past it like my dad said because I have responsibil-

Izuku interrupted me: Mark there is no right or wrong answer to this everyone deals with loss in their own way... and there's nothing wrong with how you're coping with it

But that's not what my dad says: but that's not what my dad says. He says that I need to focus that bad things are gonna happen things I don't want but I've gotta push through it. It's my responsibility.

My friend shakes his head: while he is right in that regard but there's something you're forgetting Mark... Despite your name and your DNA you're still human part human anyway and that means you're still not invincible either emotionally or physically look... take it from someone who's bottled a lot of emotions up only for them to explode on him. It's not healthy to hold this all in if you wanna talk to someone talk to someone talk to me talk to your mom tell them how you're feeling cause trust me bottling this up isn't gonna help.

But what about everything else? What about the world while I'm at morning people could be dying: but what about the world while I'm mourning people could be dying? I can't jus-

Izuku interrupted me again: Mark even you and your father can't be everywhere at once... You could be fighting a villain and on the other side of the world someone's calling out your name and you would have no idea whether you like it or not bad things are going to happen and they're going to be completely out of your control and if you try to take on that button and not responsibility it will literally crush you. Trust me I know... Look I'm not saying give up I'm saying take some time cope with the emotions that you're feeling regardless of how little or small they are there your emotions and you have the right to choose how are you gonna deal with them? Whether it's you gonna go out in your costume and punch the living daylights out of some villain to take your anger out or if it's gonna be talking to a therapist, there's no shame in either of those options. Just deal with it your way. Don't let your father or anyone else tell you how you should deal with that.

That's actually really good advice yeah yeah... I'll deal with it my own way: you're right I'll deal with it my own way... Thanks

Izuku: any time and if you wanna talk, I'm all ears