Locked In The Mind-Scape

#3- where did all the time go?

𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚.
𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙨. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚.. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨.. 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮..

"Are you sure?"

"We ran it through a DNA analysis."

"So it's him?"

"Im so sorry, Aizawa..."

"Okay.... We'll be there.."

"Alright... See you soon, Eraser.."

The phone call ended with an exhale of air that Shouta Aizawa didn't even know he was holding. Eraser's strong tan hand made its way up to his face, rubbing his thumb and index finger over his dark black eyes. He tried in vain to remotely calm down from the phone call he had just been in; information flooded his brain in a blur, too much to comprehend all at once. Aizawa glased down at his desk and lifted up the small calico stuffie placed over the corner of the dark, oak wood surface, eyeing it over; memories, years of them pouring out in the form of hot tears.

"𝘋𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺!"

"𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰?" 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴.

"𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬! 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺!" 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩, 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰. 𝘈 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬.

"𝘞𝘰𝘸, 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭."

"𝘚𝘩𝘰.." 𝘈𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴.

"𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘢! 𝘋𝘢𝘥𝘢! 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦!" 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘮𝘪'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥.