Dead Hero's Heart

Chapter 17

Immediately, all three siblings shot up in front of the doctor and started to bombard him with questions such as where they should head to. Once they where able to retrieve that information from him, they where ready to storm off through the halls in order to find their father, but they were soon stopped by the harsh voice of the medic.

"Wait up young men and woman! You can't just go running off like that! This is a hospital! Anyways, what u wanted to say but didn't let me finish was that you can't at this moment go and visit him all at once. Only a person at a time. Seeing a lot of faces may cause him to get anxious, especially after the events he went recently through. So now I want you to behave like responsible adults and decide who will go and see him today. The other will have to come sadly tomorrow ".

The three of them looked at each other, quite of annoyed at the idea that the had being worried all this time about their parent and now they might have to wait even more to talk to him. Shoto hung his head low. He really wanted to go and talk with his father after seeing what had happened. However, he couldn't just let himself go while knowing that his siblings would be dead panicking outside about their father's condition.

"Natsuo, Fuyumi. You can choose who of you two you want to go. I will return back to UA and you can call me later to tell me how it went. I will probably pop up the third day to see him". The two older siblings looked at their brother sadly, as they saw him starting to slowly walk away from them and toward the hospitals exit. Sharing a quick look with each other, they both nodded and before Shoto could get any further, his brother grabbed him from his shoulder. Confused, the dual quirk user turned around to find them both looking at him with big smiles on their faces, which didn't really help him understand why they kept him back.

"You can go on ahead bro. Go and meet dad first, we will go the other day. After all, you came all the way from UA to see him and I am not sure if Nezu will allow you to leave that soon again" said Natsuo with the girl nodding. "But, what about you? Are you sure you don't want to talk with dad first?" he asked them again, worried that he will cause displeasure to his siblings by going to their dad. "Don't worry about us. We will be alright to wait for another one or two days as long as you tell us how he is doing. After all, you were the most anxious out of the tree of us about his condition, so you deserve to go and relax by seeing how he is doing yourself ".

Small tears formed again in the eyes of the boy as he went and hugged his present family members, a move made out of gratitude toward them."Thank you guys!" he sobbed out while they both returned his embrace. However, that warming family scene was broken by the doctors cough, that stole their attention and made them broke their hug. "So, I suppose that you will be coming then?" he asked, pointing with his finger at Shoto who nodded, even though he was slightly agitated with the man's manners.

"Alright then, you shall go. You have 30 minutes before it will be time for us to run some test on him for which you cannot be present. We will inform you when your time runs out". Once again, they boy nodded before he headed off to the direction it was said to him that the room was. Reading through the labels in the doors, he was able after some time to find the room he was looking for.

He stood outside the plain white door, looking at it while his hand was slightly raised, as if he was rethinking his decision about going to talk to him. Taking a big breath, he knocked softly on the door as not to scare the people inside. "Come in!" he heard a raspy voice said that sounded similar to Endeavor's. Having that as the confirmation he needed, he opened the door and walked into the room.

Immediately, he was welcomed with the smell of a lot of antibiotics, something that seemed to be like a cliché in all the hospitals he had ever visited, along with the disturbing sound of the heart monitor. He raised his head up from the tiled froor to come face to face with the surprised and happy figure of his father, covered in a whole lot of bandages and connected with a bunch of wires to different machines.