|MentAll| Deku x Fem!Reader

39- He seems to care

Their faces almost turned pale at the intensity of your glare, lunging forward, you grab the elastic guy's wrist, running straight passed them. He activates his quirk and let's you drag his now stretchy arm behind you.
"Dumb bitch! Have you forgotten already what my quirk is?" The criminal mocks as his partner laughs along side him. You smirk to yourself, now having the length you needed, you use One for All to speed faster than lightning around the acid spitting villain, wrapping the other's arm around his mouth, following down the length of his body, effectively restraining him. He tries to use his quirk to melt his restraints, only leading to the anguished screams of his partner, making him halt his actions immediately. Before the elastic man could recover, you kick him on the back of his head, knocking him out cold.
Once you managed to immobilise them both, you slump down a wall, resting your forehead on your knees, taking deep breaths, trying to ignore the burning pain in your thigh.
"Hey Kid!" Your head shoots up at the voice of your mentor. You try to stand as Hawks lands followed by Endeavour. "You ok?" He asks concerned looking around for any other possible threats.
"I'm-" You start before green lightning flashes before you.
"Y/N! Shit! Are you ok? Are you hurt? What happened? Did they attack you? Oh my god your leg!! It looks bad! We've gotta take you to the hospital right-" Your eyes widen as Izuku appears in front of you, scanning every inch of you to make sure you were ok. His expression panicked as he rambled on frantically, you almost smiled. He cared so much, but you still didn't trust him. You sigh placing a hand on his shoulder as you walk passed him, disregarding his rant. "Not now." You whisper as you limp your way to your mentor.
"Hawks, let me do the report before I forget any details." You say monotonously.
"Are you sure? We should probably get you to a hospital, acid burns need to be treated quickly." The winged hero asks worriedly, Izuku just watches you, almost in disbelief. It hurt how you just ignored him, but he also admired how professional you were, how you're so strong that even with that injury, you still wanted to see it through.

After the clean up, you spent the rest of the day in the hospital. Healers visited you every hour to slowly but steadily, heal your injuries. You only had about 30minutes until you were discharged and could return back to U.A. Open the backpack Bakugou had brought you with a change of clothes, thinking you could change before the nurse came in for her final check up.
You try to stand, winching at the tenderness from your wound. You almost loose your footing before a strong pair of arms catch you, you look up slowly, your ocean blue eyes meet emerald green.
"Hey..." Izuku whispers as he helps you back up and sits you back on your bed.
"Thanks." You mumble, avoiding eye contact as you pull the bed sheet over your lap, trying to hide your blood stained bandage.
"How are you feeling?" He asks quietly, moving the blanket slightly, you pull in back down, shifting in your seat.
"I-I'm fine." You stutter, gripping the sheet as you stare at your lap. The silence was deafening, you had no idea what to say to him, and you could tell he felt the same.
"Do you want a ride back to U.A?" He asks as he picks up your backpack, that had fallen off the edge of the bed at some point.
"My dad said he would come pick me up. But thanks, I don't need any help." You mumble, still unable to look up at him.
"Ok." He sighs taking a step back. You almost told him to stop, to come back, to stay with you, to accept his ride and to spend the night with him again. Just feeling his touch was enough to make you almost forget why you were hurt, why you were mad at him. "I guess I'll see you in class then." He says rub in the back of his neck before turning slowly about to leave.
"Wait." Even though your voice was quiet, it felt like you had screamed it. But it was mire than enough to make him stop dead in his tracks, his fingers inches away from the door knob. "I can't... I can't really r-reach my... zipper right now... could you...?" You ask embarrassedly, still not tearing your gaze away from your lap.
"Sure." He says smiling to himself slightly. Slowly walking up to you, you turn your back to face him, moving your hair to the side to help access the zip. He Carefully grabs the metal piece and slowly pulls it down, watching as each inch of your skin starts to be exposed to him, trailing his knuckles down your spine, as he strips you from your suit, leaving goosebumps in his wake. He dipped his head over your shoulder taking in the deep breath as he hears your breathing hitch in your throat.
"T-Thank you." You stutter, your voice bringing him back to reality.
"No problem." He whispers clearing his throat, you swallow dryly as you feel the heat from his body leave, and footsteps growing fainter as he almost reaches the door. "I am sorry." You look over your shoulder as you hear those words leave his lips. He had his back to you, hand on the door knob, his body seemed stiff. "But I would do it again if it meant you were safe."
And with that, he left.
His words confused you, what was he talking about? Was he talking about today? Was he talking about that night? You still wanted to believe that he was a good guy, he was the Izuku you fell in love with, the one that always cared for you and I always treated you with kindness, and not the Izuku that left.
You knew you had to talk to him, you just didn't feel like you were ready yet. You didn't feel like you were ready for any more disappointment, you were scared that you were right, that he had just used you, and now he just wanted to be friends, or worse, he didn't want to have anything else to do with you. But then he behaved this way, he seemed to care, he seemed to worry, he seemed to...
You sigh as you strip your hero suit off, folding it the best you could and stuffing it in your backpack, before pulling out the pair of sweatpants and baggy T-shirt Katsuki had packed for you.
After a few minutes the nurse comes in to check your vitals and discharge you, as she helps you down into reception, you see your dad waiting for you.
He helps you into the car and drives you back to the UA dorms.
"Are you sure you feel well enough to go back to the dorms? I spoke to Aizawa and he said that you could come home tonight and take a day off." All Might asks, his voice laced with concern.
"I'm ok dad. I don't want to miss any classes due to such a minor injury. Plus, I think I just need a good night sleep, all the healing has really drained me." You say trying your best to force weak smile, All Might smiles back at you, patting your head as he sighs.
"Ok then sweetheart. Let me know if you need anything." You smile at you father before getting out the car and walking in to the dorms. You were glad that most of your classmates would only arrive in the morning, so the dorms were quiet. Making your way upstairs, you reach your floor quietly, trying you best to be silent as you slowly walk to your dorm. You place your hand on your door knob but freeze when you hear a creak, you look up to be met with emerald green orbs, shining in the moonlight at the end of the hallway. Izuku stares at you for a moment, contemplating of he should say something, do something. He grips his door harder anxiously, as you don't brake eye contact. You also were contemplating saying something, especially after what happened at the hospital, but you decided against it and opened your door, slipping through silently, leaving Izuku alone in the hall.
You toss your bag in to a corner and fall on to your bed with a huff. Rubbing your temples in frustration, you simply get in to bed, feeling like a good night sleep would help.

It had been a few days now. Izuku had given you your space as you asked, and you had started feeling more like yourself. You've even spoke to him occasionally about class work or during training, and it almost felt like everything was back to normal. Almost. Katsuki kept reminding you to not go easy on him, to not be to forgiving after what he put you through. You agreed but you also wanted him to explain himself, no matter the reason, he at least owed you an explanation. But you still couldn't even think about that night without welling up, it stung. Bad. You couldn't even imagine how you would handle talking to Izuku about it.
You were on your way to the bowling ally with Bakugou, Kirishima, Denki, Sero, Mina, Ochako, Tsu, Todoroki and Izuku. The group had talked about going there for a while, and even though you had declined their invitation, Ochako and Mina had practically dragged you along.
As you enter through the automated glass doors, you hear the booming sound of bowling balls hitting the wooden floors and the rattle of the pins being knocked over. You follow the group to some lanes and sit down, opting to sit out the first round.
"While you nerds decide who's worthy of going up against me, I'm gonna go win on some machines." Bakugou grunts as he gets up from his seat.
"That sounds optimistic coming from someone that spent over 20$ trying to win an All Might key chain." You mock making Kirishima burst out in laughter.
"Shut up and die! I won it in the end didn't I?!?" The blonde rages in your direction clenching his fists.
"Whatever pop rocks." You say rolling your eyes as you get up. "You guys coming?" You ask Sero, Kirishima and Mina who also were sitting out the first round as only 5 could play at a time. They nod and follow you towards the arcade area.
You get dragged by Mina on to a dance game, you begged her not to make you play it, as you hated to dance in public like this, but there was no saying 'no' to the pinkette.
"I bet she'll fall on her ass not even 5 minutes in." Bakugou scoffs smirking at you as you simply glare at him.
"Nah, she's super coordinated! She might even beat Mina!" Kiri says elbowing the blonde making the group start placing bets on who would be the winner.
The music starts playing and you both start to dance, hitting all the squares with ease. After a few rounds, none of you had failed a single step, and were starting to draw a crowd. Amazingly, you were actually having fun. Mina was such a cheerful person, it was hard to be upset when you were around her. And with your friends cheering you both on, it really upped your mood.
"You're going down Y/N!" Mina laughs as the last level starts to intensify.
"We'll see about that!" You answer as you let go of the hand rail letting your body move freely as you speed up, the music becomes louder as the end nears. A large message appears on the screen as the music stops
Winner! Congratulations Y/N!
You throw your fists in to the air in victory, as Mina falls to her knees dramatically.
"Noooooo!" She wails, but was unable to maintain her composure as she bursts out in laughter as you soon follow.
"Shit! You two were amazing!" Kiri beams as he high fives you both making you chuckle.
"Tch, I could do better." Bakugou grunts making you poke his cheek.
"Watch it! I'll take you on next." You threaten as you try to catch your breath. He simply rolls his eyes as the group starts to get drawn by a different game. You feel a tap on your shoulder and turn around to be met with a bottle of water.
"Hi, sorry to bother you, but you were amazing. You seam thirsty, I have an extra if you want it." A brunette big says as he gestures to the two bottles of water in his hand.
"Thank you." You breathe as you accept the drink.
"I'm Dan. Nice to meet you." He says smiling as you finish taking a swing of the water.
"Nice to meet you Dan. I'm Y/N." You answer wiping the drips of water from the corner of your lips.
"Are you a dancer by any chance?" He asks, making conversation.
"No, why do you ask?" You ask curiously, placing your hand on your hip.
"My girlfriend is a professional dancer and she is recruiting new dancer for this show. You seam perfect for what she's looking for." He says pulling out a flier with dance auditions.
"Wow really?" You say taking the flier from him as you look over it. "That seams like fun, but I'm really busy with classes and training. But I appreciate the offer Dan." You say returning his flier with a smile.

"We've only got one round left. Where are the others?" Todoroki asks looking around.
"They're probably distracted with some game." Ochako says picking up a bowling ball, walking to the lane.
"Or they can rip Bakugou of some game he has no chance in winning." Denki jokes making the others laugh.
"I'll go find them." Izuku says as he gets up from the bench and leaves towards the arcade.