Love without Boundaries

Mirio

Hours passed, as both Midoriya, Mirio, and I were sitting in his room in Class 3's Hero's Alliance Dorms, Midoriya was still holding on to me the whole way. Even though I slept all the way there and was calm from all that crying, Midoriya told Mirio all what happened to me from the League of Villains base. As promised, he never told Mirio about my past since he knew it wasn't in his place to tell, but he felt so awful for not telling him everything that happened to me. In such despair, Mirio only glanced at me with such empathy.

"Poor YN," pitied Mirio, "she's held all that pain to herself all this time. Why didn't she want to tell me about it? She knows I wouldn't judge her like that."
"It's not that she didn't want to tell you, Mirio," Midoriya explained as Mirio looked right back, "in fact, she couldn't bring herself to explain it to anyone, not just you. Trying to tell everyone that her life has all been a lie. That her beautiful icon has been nothing but a sham? Don't you realize how that would make her feel?"
"I see, but if I'm being honest, I've never seemed to treat her like that just because of her appearance. I've only treated her as an equal, nothing more."

He then glanced right back at me as I snuggled close to Midoriya.

"Even though I knew she was just trying to hide this from me, I wouldn't treat her any different. She's my friend and always will be."

Midoriya, looking right towards Mirio, couldn't help but wonder about something. He had to make sure, in case he wasn't assuming the situation the wrong way.

"Mirio, are you in love with her?"

He blushed.

"Me?! In love?! W-with my best friend?!" Mirio repeated with such embarrassment, "w-w-what makes you say that?"
"I know we haven't been friends for that long, but I always seem to notice how happy you are when you talk about YN so much."

He sighed, cleared his throat and looked right at Midoriya.

"To be honest, I don't even know if I am or not. We've been friends ever since I joined UA and I've never thought of her like that at all. Even if I was and could tell her how I felt, I know pretty well that she wouldn't feel the same towards me. I've never seen her smile, happy, or even protective towards anyone. Except-"

He stopped midsentence as he thought about that night. Where you and Overhaul were out in public. He saw you protect both him and Chisaki, how happy you were when you were around that monster, and how much you were enjoying yourself with Overhaul and not with him. It was clear that you were falling for Chisaki, and he was just your best friend. Even if he could tell me how he felt, would I have accepted him there or reject him because you were already with Chisaki?

"Except what?" Midoriya asked, snapping me back to reality.
"Hm? Nothing!" Mirio lied, trying to laugh it off

Just then, I started to wake up from my nap. Looking at the location, I could tell instantly this was Mirio's room. And when I looked at Mirio, he smiled a genuine smile like before. Scared and depressed, I backed away.

"Why'd you bring me here?" I asked.
"We couldn't take you back to the hospital, silly." Mirio replied, "besides, you look like you wanted to run away from everyone from something you're afraid of. You wanna talk about it, YN?"

I froze.
He knew who I was?
He then patted my head lightly, calming my nerves.

"Based on your expression, I can tell you were worried. You thought I wouldn't recognize who you were, but I already knew. Remember when we had our first battle in UA? You were running low on your power at the time? I noticed the horn appearing in your weakened state."

I stared in shock.
He remembered.

"I didn't think about it before, because it didn't matter at the time, but now I know why. Look, I know you aren't ready to tell me everything, but whatever it is, I won't force you. I can wait."

A small smile started to appear on my grimace face.
Mirio smiled again and laughed cheerfully.

"There's that smile! You just keep smiling like that, okay?"

As Midoriya smiled as well, he felt the buzzing of his phone and went away for a moment, leaving me with Mirio for a moment. It was awkward for a few seconds. I didn't know what to say to Mirio. He's been my best friend ever since he joined UA for the first time. How can I not tell him about what I've been through? Slowly, I started to speak.

"So... um... you don't... find me... hideous?"
"Hideous? Why would I think that?"
"Because that's what I am."
"You may think that, but I know you aren't. You are still beautiful."
"How can this be beautiful? I have a horn, my beautiful complexion is gone, and my power-"

The tears started to roll again as I laid my head in shame.
Then I felt a small touch on my forehead.
It was a touch of his hand brushing my hair away from my face.

"I'm not talking about your physical complexion, even though it's still beautiful. I'm talking about your personality. You're still that strong, kind, and caring person I met during my first year at UA. And nothing will ever change that."
"You mean it?"
"Guarantee it!"

With the smile returning, Mirio chuckled for a moment.

"Remember when you saw my quirk the first time?"
"How could I not? You did make a very strange first impression towards me with your quirk."
"Yeah, I guess it was." he chuckled.
"Why do you ask?"
"Well-"

Suddenly, before Mirio could tell me how he felt, Midoriya came back barging in from his phone call from earlier. As we looked towards him, I could tell that the sad scared expression on his face.

"Hey, Midoriya. Is something wrong?"
"It's Bubble Girl."

That wasn't good. I thought.
Normally, my dad would've called him first if it was something important.
But Bubble Girl?

"We need to go. NOW!"
"What? Hold on Midoriya. Where's the fire here?"
"It's Sir Nighteye. He's in trouble!"
"What?!" both Mirio and I yelled.
"Apparently, the League of Villains came and attacked the Nighteye Agency while we were away. And during the fight, Sir Nighteye ended up severely hurt and is taken to the hospital, and Bubble Girl believes he won't make it on time!"
"Wait-Sir! In critical condition?! We have to go, now!"

In a rush, we all went to straight to the hospital as fast as we could, hoping Sir Nighteye was alright. As we were reaching towards the location, all I could do in the meantime was to pray. I lost my family once when I was alone. I don't want to lose Sir Nighteye now!