We're Here Kid

Help

~pov change to Aizawa~

He's being abused at home.

How did I not notice? The signs were right in front of me and I didn't see. I have to make it up to him.

I nod and slowly walk towards him, not wanting to scare him worse than he already was.

He curls up on instinct, but slowly calms down.

I sit next to him and gently ruffle his hair.

"Don't worry little buddy, I'm going to help you, okay?" I say.

He giggles softly and does grabby hands.

"Up up!" He says, smiling.

I carefully pick him up and take the scenic route to RG's office so no one would see him like this.

"Chiyo, I need your assistance." I say, walking in with the boy.

She looks over, confused.

"Why are you holding him like a toddler?" She asks.

"He's an age regressor, he regressed during our training, but that's not what I'm worried about." I say quickly.

She nods. "Alright, what's wrong with him then?"

"He's being abused at home. I need you to check him for injuries, I'm calling 'Zashi down here." I set the boy on a bed and grab my phone, walking away to call him.

While I'm calling Zashi, my husband, I hear Chiyo gasp loudly.

"Oh my god! Shouta you need to see this!" She shouts.

I quickly walk in and see the boy's back.

"Oh my gods.." I say.

not many things make me sick, but his back was so badly mutilated.

"I'll be right back..." I say uneasily, running quickly to the closest bathroom and throwing up.

I forgot Zashi was still on the phone, because the next thing I hear is-

"Sho, are you okay?! I'm coming to find you!" He says and hangs up.

He quickly finds me.

"Sho, baby what's wrong?!" He asks me worriedly.

I cough a little before answering.

"Sh-shinso.. he's being abused at home, I took him to Chiyo's to get him checked out and.." I almost vomit again just thinking about it, gagging.

"Slow baby, it's okay." He says, rubbing my back and holding my hair out of my face.

I nod. "His back is so badly mutilated, Zashi. Crazy bitch must've poured hot oil down his back, it's horrible Zashi.." I cough up more bile, breathing heavily.

"Calm down Hon, it'll be okay. We're going to help him. That would explain why his uniform was covered in blood though..." Zashi says.

I look up at him.

"What do you mean it was covered in blood?!" I ask.

"He came into class this morning and his uniform was covered in blood, but he said it was mud, I didn't believe him but he looked so uncomfortable about the situation that I couldn't make myself ask more about it." He says.

I nod. "We need to get back, hopefully Chiyo either healed him or has him bandaged up." I say, standing and, with help from Zashi, walk back to Chiyo's office.

"He's no longer regressed, he snapped out of it when I tried to disinfect his burns." She says as soon as she sees us.

I nod and look at the boy, who is now wrapped up in bandages.

"You're not going back, I promise you that. Can you explain what happened though?" I ask the boy, who simply nods.

"This has been going on since I got my quirk, you can already guess why I'm abused because of it." He says coldly.

"It's usually not, uh, this severe. Just a few hits and punches, sometimes the occasional beer bottle thrown at me.." he continues.

"And the burns on your back? What are they from?" I ask.

He closes his eyes, shuddering from the memory I guess.

"Oil... usually it's water, but I guess she was extra pissed off this morning." He says, tears in his eyes.

"And your father? Is he in the picture?" I ask him, his face shifting from discomfort to a look of... shock? No, panic.

"H-He..." his breathing gets faster and his breaths are small and short, he's hyperventilating.

"Shinso, it's okay, match your breaths with mine." I say, breathing in and out slowly, showing him how to breathe.

Once he's calm again, he wipes a few tears away.

"H-He was killed when I was six... my mother blamed him for my existence when she was the one who wanted a child.. sh-she..." he breaks down into a pile of sobs.

"Sh-she m-made me... she forced m-me to shoot him..." he chokes on his sobs.

This poor kid.

"I-I didn't w-want to..! Sh-she used her q-quirk and made me d-do it!" He cries, afraid he'll get in trouble.

"Shinso, it's okay, you're not going to get in trouble. We're going to get you out of there, okay?" I say calmly.

He slowly nods, fidgeting with his fingers.

"I'm going to call my friend at the station and let him know what's going on, okay?" I say, he nods.

After the call I smile slightly.

"You won't be going back."