Little Stars

Chapter 24

That's the perfect song for the story! Chosen family by Elton John and Rina Sawayama - What do you think?

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"Hello, little listener!" A huge grin appeared on Hizashi's face as he saw Touya with Aizawa. He was so worried when Aizawa sent that he needed backup. He thought that he would come to a horrific scene because Aizawa wasn't used to calling them for any help, so he drove fast to his best friend's location but instead of finding villains fighting Aizawa, he found Touya standing next to him.

"Hizashi!" Touya giggled at what Hizashi called him even though he sometimes calls him and Keigo this. And when Hizashi hugged him, Touya tensed slightly because he was still afraid of any touch because of what happened to him and Touya hoped that Hizashi didn't notice but in fact, Hizashi noticed and the latter looked at Aizawa with a frown on his face and found his friend already looking at them, but with a distant look on his face and Hizashi's frown deepened even more. What happened? Did a fight break before he came? Did the league escape? - Hizashi wanted to ask Aizawa.

"Is that Touya?" Nemuri's voice snapped Hizashi to reality and it seemed to have snapped Aizawa too. The same greeting happened with Nemuri (She hugging Touya) and the rest of U.A. teachers who came with Hizashi as a backup.

The night air around them felt fresh and comforting as the darkness was incomplete. The deep blue canopy was covered with thousands of pinpricks of cold light. The celestial fabric was splattered with silver. It was supposed to be glorious, it was supposed to be wonderful but to Aizawa, it felt like something snapped inside him - didn't they find Touya and he was safe now? Aizawa asked himself, he should be grateful and happy (which of course he was -Touya was back and didn't join the league. Touya wanted to come back.) But at the same time, the words that he heard tore his heart to pieces. Oboro's voice was faint, but clear at the same time, Aizawa didn't know how to describe it. It was so near, but it felt far away and it felt so real.

Aizawa was silent throughout the whole ride (Touya was busy trying not to get car sickness, so he didn't speak or say anything), it seemed like silence was the only thing Aizawa wanted these days because of everything happening; the de-ageing, the kidnapping, the rescue and dealing with the league of villains and the last straw was hearing Oboro's voice.

"Shouta, please, help me."

The words felt so real, not like the voice that always accompanied his mind, and Aizawa was sure that this was Oboro's voice, it hadn't changed even after so many years- he will always recognize it.

Aizawa had checked the alley after Kurogiri left while Touya was looking at him with a strange look on his face, because what the hell was he doing? There was no one other than them, but Aizawa didn't care, he had to make sure there was no Oboro even though the alley was small with only a dumpster and stray cats that kept mewling.

Oboro loved cats.

A thought had popped into his mind while he was searching that Oboro was turned into one of these cats by a quirk, but cats can't speak, right? - he thought and what he was also sure about was that Oboro's voice vanished the same moment Kurogiri closed the portal. Was Oboro on the other side of the portal? Was he held hostage by the league for all these years? - the questions made Aizawa's heart beat even more. Was Oboro even alive?

"DadZawa?" Touya's voice snapped Aizawa from his thoughts and he felt guilty about leaving the boy alone even though Touya didn't say anything the whole ride. Nevertheless, a smile was etched on Touya's face, it made his face brighten up and Aizawa couldn't stop the small smile from threatening to cross his lips despite his thoughts on Oboro. "We arrived," Touya said softly, a relieved look on his face and the smile was still on it.