Hiding The Pain || MonoShin [BOOK 1]

Chapter 16 - Epilogue

It's a month after Monoma fell into his coma.

It's a month after the talk.

It went horrible.

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"What is the reason for me being here?" Re-Arrange asked.

"We need to have a talk about your son." Nezu explained.

"Neito Monoma."

"What about him?" Re-Arrange raised an eyebrow.

"As you know, about a month ago, he went rogue. He was apprehended, but was unfortunately hit by a sleeping quirk that had a serious side effect. Right now, he's most likely in a coma." Aizawa explained.

"How does this concern me?"

"As Monoma's guardian, we ask that you pay for all his hospital bills and necessities, since he did not acquire this unconscious state because of U.A. Of course, this would be taken care of if you were struggling per say, but we are sure that during your time as Number 10 hero, you would have accumulated enough yen to pay. Also, you have been requested in court about the Ketsueki Toga case, as you are involved." Nezu explained.

"You must be mistaken. I am not the guardian of either Monoma nor Toga, as I have disowned both of them. You are on your own when it comes to deciding what you want to do with them. I do not care."  Re-Arrange said, getting up and walking out of the room.

"This is exactly why he fell from the Number 10 hero to the Number 25." Present Mic mumbled.

"He deserves to drop more than that, probably to the hundreds." Vlad King added, huffing and folding his arms.

Re-Arrange left after he was told what the talk was about, leaving U.A. to figure it out.

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Monoma was moved from Ishikawa Prefecture General Hospital to one near U.A.

Shinso and the whole of Class 2 - B visit him every weekend.

Shinso and the whole of Class 2 - B came together and cried when they found out, cried and cried, and Vlad King joined them.

No one had the heart to tell them that they should move on, because they knew Vlad King, Class 2 - B and Shinso needed this.

2 - A was also remorseful, and they even accompanied 2 - B in visiting him from time to time.

The school had a day off for the second year students, as a way to fully process it.

He was missed.

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"Are you ready?" Toga's underpaid lawyer asked.

"I'm ready." She replied.

Toga pleaded guilty.

But not before she told the truth.

The truth about Monoma.

The truth about her father, Re-Arrange.

The truth about herself.

"Re-Arrange, or my father, was a cruel man. He hated me and my brother because we could never meet his expectations, because we weren't born with his quirk! He always worked us to the bone, but we were never worth it. He called me and my quirk a disgrace, and he called Neito and his quirk useless and unreliable."

"You see, Neito didn't want to betray U.A. He was just scared and confused. He loved his class, and he always called them his real family. You have to believe me, he was good! He is good! Did you know he hurt himself day after day after day out of guilt? That he almost ended it?"