Fractured

Questions

!!!TRIGGER WARNING!!! Mention of suicide attempt. Please don't read if you are uncomfortable with it!

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-Deku's pov-

I plop down on the bed in the room lark let me use, panic overwhelming me.

Two people at the same time. Even though it was just for a split second, I got extremely overwhelmed.

Tears stream down my face after remembering what I saw. Krista being bullied and shunned for her quirk, painful attempts at suicide. Lark being betrayed, someone dying in her arms then getting shot.

Both of them were so painful. My tears flow faster and I let out a sob. I curl into a ball, making myself smaller as I continue to sob, all of the stress that I had been keeping contained crashing down on me in one huge wave.

You'll be fine, stop acting so weak

I jump, the voice in my head startling me.

This isn't a good time

I wipe the tears off my face and sit up, trying to calm down. I don't want to risk the voice taking over my body.

I don't want to take over your body right now. What would be the point of that? They already know you're a villain.

I tense up at that. A secret I had tried so hard to keep 50 years ago. 50 years. Is my mother even still alive? At least I know uraraka is. I'm glad she's safe. Guilt stabs at my heart. I'm the reason she was being tortured in the first place.

I frown, remembering that white cat that had helped me find out my real quirk. What happened to it? I wish it was here.

I frown harder, realizing something.

I still have the quirk cancelling bracelet on. How did I use my quirk on lark and Krista?

A knock on the door stops my thoughts, and I look over at the door. "Come in," I say quietly.

Krista comes in, and I can tell she doesn't want to be here. The door closes behind her, and she flinches.

"Uhm, h-hello, uh, d-deku." She greets me, stumbling over her words.

"You don't have to be scared of me, I won't hurt you," I say softly as I stand up, remembering what I saw with my quirk earlier.

"O-ok. I'm j-just sup-p-posed to, u-um, check o-on you."

I nod, trying my best to smile at her. "Well, I'm ok, see?" I turn around, my arms out to my sides to show that I'm not hurt.

She nods, and rushes out of the room.

I sigh, knowing that they are all scared of me. To them, I'm a villain.

I flinch at the thought of villains. I remember all for one, and the teleportation quirk he had given me. Is he alive?

I'm so desperate to get an answer to that question, I leave my room and go to the living room. They are all seated at the couches, watching tv.

"U-um, hello," I start to say. They all look at me and I continue. "Uh, I have a question . . ." Lark nods, motioning me to continue. "Is a villain called all for one still alive?"

They all stare at me, their faces softening.

"No . . . I'm sorry if he was a friend . . ." Lark says, speaking up. "N-no! He was . . . the reason this all happened. Why I'm a villain." I frown the question about my mom eating at me.

"I have another question," I say biting my lip nervously.

"Go ahead." Lark nods at me.

"Is a woman named inko midoriya still alive? She's my mother."

Lark flinches at that last statement, and my heart sinks. "I-I'm so sorry . . . she died of old age a few years ago. They made it a big deal, probably because the was the mom of you, a villain."

Tears prick at my eyes. I wasn't able to say goodbye. She must have been so lonely.

The thought of loneliness reminds me of something. That white cat. Visie. The white cat is most likely dead, cats live for less time than humans.

All of a sudden I feel a hand on my shoulder. I flinch away, an image of a wall full of holes flashing in my eyes. There's blood surrounding some of them. Inside a house maybe?

I blink and see jack in front of me.

"Are you ok?" He questions, "You seemed to blank out there for a sec. I know losing someone can be hard. Talk to me if you need." His face and voice are uncharacteristically grim and serious.

"O-ok, thank you." I answer.

"I have another question," I say again, feeling stupid for having so many questions.

Jack nods, motioning me to ask.

"I know this is a stupid question, but have any of you seen a white cat anywhere?" I cringe at the stupid question. Of course they would have, there's more than one white cat in the world.

"Uh, I think?" Lark says, looking at me weird. "Did you have a pet cat or something?"

I nod, wishing I hadn't said anything. I'm so stupid. It was a stupid question. I shouldnt have wasted their time. I'm so Stu-

"Ive seen one," Krista says abruptly. All of us look at her. "U-um. I m-mean, I- I've been f-feeding this s-stray cat for awhile . . . um, do you uh, th-think it c-could be y-yours?" She stutters out, trailing off at the end, nervous because of all the attention she's getting all of a sudden.

I brighten up slightly, glad that I have a chance of seeing visie again. "Can you take me to her? Please?" I ask quickly, and Krista nods, standing.

She leads us to an alleyway, and I quickly walk into it, wanting to see visie as soon as possible.

I hear a familiar meow, and my head whips towards the sound. I see a flash if white in the darkness of the alleyway, and a few seconds later, a white cat appears from behind some boxes.

The cat is obviously older, but unmistakable. Visie.

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Deku and visie are reunited! Yay!

Spite made me finish this chapter and post it. Got a notif that someone put it in their discontinued library thing. This book is not discontinued. 😤

1058 words :)