Yuki

10. Midterm

Aizawa rushed in after All Might. "Are you okay?" He asked, offering Jackson a hand. "Yeah. They didn't hurt me, it was actually kinda weird. They kept saying that they didn't want to hurt me and they just wanted me to join them or something like that." 

Aizawa looked at his hand and saw a smudge of not his own blood. He looked down and saw a drop fall off Jacksons fingertip. "Hey, do you have a bathroom?" He asked. Jackson nodded and pointed in the direction of the bathroom. 

Jackson instinctively felt for his ring but didn't feel it. He recalled earlier when he heard something hit the ground. He bent over and picked up the two halves of his ring. 

Before he left, Aizawa pulled Jackson aside. "You really shouldn't come to school."

"Is it... is it a safety issue?" 

"Not necassarily. You've just been through so much lately. For your mental health." 

"Really, I'm fine. Midterms are soon and I want to be there. Besides, you look like you need sleep." 

"If you insist, Alastor. Just..." He put his hand on Jacksons shoulder. "Don't overwork yourself." 

~

It felt like his first day all over again. Standing outside the classroom door, nervous. When Aizawa welcomed him in, a sense of relief washed over him. All the students looked the same. Their worried expressions were quickly replaced with suprise, even Bakugo. 

"Uhh, hey." Jackson waved. The silence was broken by a wave of questions. 

"Wow. I uh... didn't know you guys cared that much. I just had to take a break for personal reasons. It's all cool now." He opened the laptop on the podium. Slow, as always. 

After class, the other students left. Shai stayed. 

"You caught a League of Villans villan." He remarked. Jackson smiled. "I did. They broke into my house." 

"You're really cool, Mr. Alastor." 

Jackson tilted his head to one side and watched as Shai left the room.