Under pressure

Chapter 22

"Theres someone here to see you three"

The boys lifted their heads in unison towards the nurse and all nodded, curious as to see who could be visiting them.

The news that they were admitted into Hosu hospital, while nerve wrecking, was still better than if they were dead. She ran there like no tomorrow. The nurses were nice to her seeing the state she was in, so she waited in the waiting room with Mirio until one of the especially kind Nurses offered to take her to her friends. She looked at the graciously, unable to smile without halting her tears.

Mirio silently agreed to wait for her until she was done, and she opened the door.

They stared at her in shock, she looked awful. Hair a mess, eyes watery and cheeks stained with tears, bruised, and exhausted but she still managed to calm herself enough to get out one question...

"Are you guys in serious conditions?"

The three shook their heads, and then all of the frustration, from not knowing what was going on, being ignored by her best friend, and thinking they were dead, it all came out.

"THEN WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU GUYS THINKING"

Iida looked hurt, Midoriya shocked, and Shoto sad.

"Do you know how worried I was, how dangerous the stunt you pulled was, because I really don't think you do"

She looked directly at Iida

"Was this about your brother"

"Yes"

"Then I get it, I have siblings I get it, if someone were to hurt them I would go insane, especially to the degree the hero killer did. I cat imagine the pain you're going through, BUT DO YOU SERIOUSLY THINK YOU ARE STRONGER THAN HIM!"

Iida only looked on in shock as she continued to cry.

"Iida, you have to understand that PRO HEROS HAVE DIED, they've been training longer than we've been alive, even Native, literally one of the top heroes in Japan was mutilated by the hero killer!"

"That's how dangerous he is, that's how strong he is, so what on earth made you think that people like us, only in our first semester of heroing school could stop stain!"

She looked at him with pure pain in her eyes. Tears continued to fall and Iida could only stare at her in silence, all of them could only stare at her in silence.

"Oh my God, all three of you are idiots.. I genuinely thought you guys were dead"

With her closing sentence she paced a few times and put her fingers in the roots of her hair. Feeling bad for basically lecturing them for the entire time she was there, she tried to continue on with a less intense approach. She chuckled to herself lightly, wiping the tears from her face as she added

"And I know I look crazy right now, I literally ran here from Nighteye agency"

Midoriya was the first to speak up

"Im sorry"

"Dont be, I would have done it again in a heartbeat, you guys are some.of my best friends"

"No, I mean I'm sorry for worrying you like that."

Iida chimed in as well

"Yeah, I... I am extremely sorry for being irresponsible like how you said I was, it will not happen again"

She though for a moment about both his an her words.

"Dont be, I guess the good thing is that you guys are safe, despite how risky it was you are all okay and alive"

"And also, Iida, what you did might have been completely stupid and irresponsible and probably illegal but honestly, completely honestly, I think you've gained more of my respect, all of you in a way have"

This made them all perk up in a mix of relief and confusion.

"Why?"

Iida was honored to still have his dear classmates approval, but he was sin the same boat as the rest of them, being puzzled my her words.

"You stuck to your morals, even if it could have killed you, Iida you avenged your brother, Shoto and Midoriya, you helped your friend, I might not agree with revenge like that but what you did was for a noble cause and despite how I kind of just lectured you, I respect that"

"Also, sorry about the lecturing thing too..."

Just then she got a text from Mirio.

'Hey, sir says that our internship is ending early considering the situation with you and your friends, he dropped your stuff off at the hospital along with mine so we're going back tonight'

She felt a little guilty, but it was the last day anyways so it wasn't like she was missing out on too much.

A knock at the door came and the chief of police walked in. (Y/n) bowed respectfully and she began to say her goodbyes.

She hugged them all and smiled at them, telling each of them that they did the right thing, knowing they were about to be torn a new one by the chief. Midoriya and Iida both said their gratitudes and wished the girl well, but Shoto on the other hand held her for a bit longer as in addition to her other statements, she told him to come over when he could as they needed to talk. He understood and reluctantly let go of her, having missed her touch over the past weeks.

She left the room and met Mirio in the waiting room again, taking her bags and walking with him outside and towards the train station.

"So how did it go?"

"To be honest, I yelled at them and I feel quite guilty, but I think they understood what I was trying to tell them"

"Yeah, what they did was quite risky, luckily it's getting covered up in a way"

(Y/n) laughed

"I thought we were supposed to be heroes, ya know following the laws and all?"

"Well yes, but you have to admit we all make mistakes, and those boys will make extraordinary heroes one day if they were able to best the hero killer at their level of experience."

The two entered the train station

"Yeah, they will be"