Heartbeat

Six

Your POV

Training pretty much consisted of testing my heart rate after doing different activities. Once it ended I asked if Mr. Aizawa wanted his sweatshirt back.

He told me to keep it so I don't get my uniform sweaty and to just give it back to him later. We parted ways and I went home to shower and then changed into my work uniform.

I'm now running to the bookstore and slow down once the door comes into sight. I open the door and smile at the familiar chime.

"Sorry I am late, Mr. Francis." I call out but get no response. I look around and realized that behind the counter is trashed. 

"Oh no. Mr. Francis!? Hello!?" I call and start searching around the shelves and through the isles and find him on the ground in the fiction section.

"Mr Francis!" I yell and run to him but someone snuck behind me and grabbed me. I scream and thrash in their grip. 

I was slammed into the ground and the man wrapped his hands around my throat. He began to squeeze and smiled above me.

"Die! Die! Die! Hahahahahahah!!!" He yelled hysterically. My vision began to blur and I couldn't slow my heartbeat enough to activate my quirk.

I hear the bell ring and push the man off of me before screaming. "HELP PLEASE!" I scream but the man picked me up and threw me at the bookshelf behind us.

I feel an excruciating pain in my ribs and skull as the bookshelf  toppled over. The man grabbed me again and wrapped his hands around my throat and squeezed harder then before.

I watched through tears and blurry dots as something wrapped around the man and ripped him off of me.

I was finally able to breath but it hurt so bad so I just managed to get a few shallow breaths as my vision came back.

Sirens were heard as the bell began to ring as a lot of people entered the store. I feel someone touch my cheek and look over to see Mr. Aizawa.

"S-Shouta?" I whisper hoarsely. "Don't talk, he got your neck bad. Just be still the ambulance is on the way." I whimper softly and felt my head spin.

"It h-hurts." I cry and try to look for my boss. "Mr. Francis... I-is he okay?" I ask weakly. "He'll be okay. Hizashi stopped the bleeding." He said.

"Stay with me, kitten." Shouta's voice became desperate. "I-I'm sleepy. I just wanna take a nap." I whisper as everything blacked out.

TimeSkip

Beeping. Lots and lots of beeping. Where am I? I try to open my eyes but I'm blinded by light. "Turn it off." I whine and move my hand to cover my eyes but pain flushed through my body.

I cry out and let my arm fall back to my side. "Y/n? Oh my baby! What happened to you?" I hear my mom cry.

I open my eyes again and blink a few times to get use to the light. I look around confused and see Mineta sitting next to me with teary eyes. 

"W-What happened? Where is Francis!?" I call out worried. "Oh baby, I'm so sorry. He didn't make it." I feel the wave of tears slide down my face.

"I was to late... I wasn't fast enough..." I whimper. "No, baby it wasn't your fault." My mom tried to calm me down but I push her away and bring my knees to my chest.

I fight through the pain and sob. "I did it again, momma. I keep doing it." I sob and she wrapped her arms around me.

I feel another pair and realize that its Mineta. "Sis, It wasn't your fault. Please don't blame yourself." He pleaded.

I push them away and look out the window with no emotion. "I want to be left alone." I whisper. "Baby, no-" I get angry and scream "LEAVE ME, ALONE!" at her.

She pulled back and left with Mineta, leaving me alone in the hospital room. I whimper and get out of the bed and lock the door after ripping the needles out of my arms.

I change back into my clothes while nurses and doctors yelled at me to open the door. I freeze time and climb the window before closing it and sitting on the little ledge.

I don't even bother turning my quirk off and let it run out itself which causes blood to drip from my nose.

I sit on the ledge and stare out over the city. The lights blur together as tears soaked my face. I bring my knees to my chest and sob.

Every cry or jerk my body makes ends in pain and more tears. I deserve this pain. I will never be a hero. 

I think back to Shouta hovered over me. He had such concern in his eyes, but why? Why does he even care about me?

"Stay with me, kitten." His words echoed through my mind. My pain hurt a little less when I thought of him.

I have really fallen head over heals for this man. A man that I will never be with. A man that would never want me.

"Y/n." His voice sounded so real. "Y/n, please come back inside." I realize that it isn't in my head and look over to the window. 

Shouta is there holding his hand out to me. I shake my head and look back over the city. He sighed and after some shuffling I feel an arm wrap around me.

"No! I don't wanna go!" I cry and try to push him away but he caught my hand and intertwined our fingers. 

"I'm not making you go inside. It's okay, Y/n." He spoke softly. I calm down and lean my head on his shoulder as we gaze out at the busy city.