𝐈 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔 || ꜱ. ᴀɪᴢᴀᴡᴀ

Gone

Aizawa's POV

   "Aizawa?"

I didn't want this.

"Aizawa?"

I'd been so quick to go off. If only I hadn't been slowed down so easily, if only I hadn't been so goddamn helpless when she needed me.

"I need to interview Mirio to confirm everything. I wanted to tell you- but you don't have to come if you don't want to."

It was like the universe was playing a sick joke on me.

For the first time in a while, I had felt truly happy. She was everything I wasn't and it filled a hole inside me I didn't know was there until now.

One moment she was running beside me, that determined look on her face, the one that she had when I first met her, and the next she was gone.

Gone.

I- god- I don't know how you think I can do this without you y/n.

Impossible.

That's how it felt.

"I'm coming."

Part of me would never be able to wrap my head around the fact that she's gone.

She's gone.

"I- Are you sure?"

No.

"Yes."

The walk was silent.

I wasn't sure if it was better this way. The silence just reminded me of her absence. I'd grown to love her constant chatter, the way she always seemed to have a snarky remark ready at any moment.

I love everything about you.

No- I. I loved everything about you - fuck.

"Aizawa, we're here. You can take a seat and I'll ask the questions. Feel free to leave if you want."

I can't leave.

But if I listen, am I just torturing myself more?

I deserve it.

I deserve it for not helping her. For not saving her.

If I was there, would she still be here now?

"Togata, I understand that this might be hard for you but we need to know what happened. What you saw in the corridor."

He looked tired.

He'd watched Nighteye and then y/n die right in front of his eyes.

And yet, he was still trying to stay strong.

I'm meant to be a fucking hero and yet this kid has more resolve than me?

"We were trying to get Eri out but... but I was too weak and collapsed, y/n- she tried to help me but we both didn't notice Eri go back to Overhaul."

Togata looked down at his hands, his thumbs fiddling with each other.

"Hey calm down!" She laughed. "Time Warp. Pleasure to meet you." She curtsied and I gave her an unimpressed look.

She was a hero? She was acting like a child.

"Sooo, what should we do with that handful?" She gestured to the man who now hung in defeat wrapped in grey.

"I'm going to take him to the station."

She scoffed, "Excuse me! I'm the one who stopped the damn guy!"