Learning to be the best (Izuocha)

Chapter 2-Feeling better?

*Deku's POV*

Before I had even finished my sentence Uraraka started cry. I could tell something was really wrong the past few weeks, but I didn't realize how bad... How could I have been such a bad friend and not been here sooner. Especially when she was always there for me. I moved closer to Uraraka as I initiated a hug, and she held on to me really tight. Even though the situation was serious, I couldn't help but blush.

"I don't know how much more I can take... I'm so sorry Deku." She said those words with such guilt and sadness. She continued to cry, simultaneously pushing her face into my chest while continuing to hold on to me tightly. I was guessing she felt like she was letting everyone down, which is why she was saying that she was sorry. I didn't really know what to do. I was so flustered from the fact that we were so close. But I had to push my own feelings aside, for her sake. I tried gathering myself as best as I could. I put one of my hands on the back of her head while I place the other on her back, trying to pat her, in an effort to try and comfort her.

"It's okay Uraraka, you don't have to be sorry" I said. I let go of Uraraka and reached down to my mat laying it down. I sit down on it and face Uraraka, motioning to her to sit next to me. She does willingly, still sniffling. I hold her hand as she's sitting down and ask her what's wrong.

*Ochaco's POV*

It had been about thirty seconds since Deku had asked the question. But I didn't reply. I didn't want him to think I was weak. Even if I felt comfortable with telling him that moment I wouldn't know where to start. I maintained eye contact with the ground of the roof, while crying as quietly as possible, trying to avoid the green eyes of the boy next to me when suddenly I felt his arms lifting me up from next to him to sit me in his lap. He had his hand supporting my back allowing me to fully relax. I kind of felt like a child sitting in his lap like that but in that moment, I didn't really care because for the first time in ages, I was felling comfort and an overwhelming sense of safety in his arms. I look directly into his eyes as he looked into mine. He says with confidence,

"It's okay Uraraka, I'm here for you."

*Deku's POV*

I'm not exactly sure where this level of confidence came from. I realized earlier that I needed to put my feelings for the girl in my lap down for now, but still, I'm surprised at how I managed to do this. She was finally looking at my face, I guess I can say that this maneuver has worked. She opened her mouth and spoke with a catch in her through,

"Deku... I'm not sure I can do this anymore." she replied.

"Just tell me what's wrong, I know its hard but trust me telling someone is the best thing to do." While I put my free hand on her cheek to wipe the tears from her face and eyes.

"Deku, there are these students in the second year, three of them from the business course and one from the support, I think, but they do some really... mean things. At first it started with just them saying mean things, and I was just ignoring the. But the things they were doing became more physical... two of them would hold me down while the other started punching and pulling my hair and other stuff..." Her sentenced trailed of at the end and my heart started to sink a little bit. To think she had to go through all this on her own, just like I did in middle school. I didn't want her to feel the same way I did, so I was going to make sure she is okay, and I won't rest until she is. She continued her story hesitantly,

"a few weeks ago, they dragged me to an empty store cupboard, and they started taking my clothes off..." She wasn't able to finish that sentence without bursting into tears again. I didn't have to hear the rest of the story to understand what happened. Using my free hand, I held her face and gently pushed it into chest, so that she would feel comfortable.