The Broken Hero

Chapter 3

(!Self harm!)

  'It was just a dream...' Gon realized the reality as his recent memories of events flew in. He had been put in the hospital because of a recent villain attack. The time he spent with Killua was only a dream. Tears started to fall down his cheeks. "I wish it was real..." Gon whispered to himself. He missed his friends so much. Suddenly, the door opened, and a nurse walked in.  

  "Oh, your awake! How are you feeling?" The nurse asked as she closed the door. Gon didn't look at her, he knew if he did, she would ask why he was crying. 

  "I'm fine thank you for the concern miss," Gon replied as he kept his head down. 

  "Well, your friends came by about 20 minutes before you woke up." The nurse said. Gon didn't say anything for a moment. 

  "Oh...okay. Thanks!" Gon said sadly, at that moment he thought of his old friends. 

--(Time skip)--

  Gon was released from the hospital a day later. As he walked into the dorms, he was greeted with hugs and high-fives from his classmates. 

  Kirishima grinned and said, "I'm glad your okay bro! What you did was so manly."

  "No! Midoriya what you did back there was irresponsible!" Iida said as he began doing a robot chopping motions with his hands. 

  "You should be glad we came. You could've died, Iida." Todoroki emotionlessly said to Iida. When everyone was visiting their hero agencies that week, Iida decided to get revenge on the Hero Killer Stain. Luckily, Gon and Todoroki had come in time to save him.

  Gon just sighed and put on a smile. "Don't be so mean to Iida, Todoroki. He was trying to get back at that villain for his brother!" Gon replied.

  Todoroki just scoffed. "Hey c'mon guys at least you're all okay!" Kaminari spoke as he slung his hands over Todoroki's and Gon's shoulders. 

  "Kaminari is right guys! Let's stop arguing." 

  There were a few mumbles from the Iida and Todoroki. Gon put on a smile again.  

  "Alright.. well I'm going to head to my room," Gon spoke as he scratched the back of his head, "I've got some homework to catch up on."

  "Alright Midobro good luck on it!" Kaminari said as he released his arm from Gon's shoulder and gave a thumbs up. 

  "Thanks!" Gon said as he waved. When he turned around, his smile immediately dropped, but he kept his tears in. The green-haired teen walked away into the boys dormitory side.

  As soon as Gon entered his room and locked the door, tears began falling down his cheeks. He began aggressively gripping his hair. 'I'm so sick and tired of life...' Gon thought as he slowly walked over to his bed and grabbed something from under it. It was a knife. A knife that Killua gave to him years ago. Gon used this knife to hurt himself... his habit started a few months ago. Whenever he felt useless, lonely, or had hallucinations or dream of his friends, he'd cut. Gon picked it up and smiled. He then began to bitterly laugh. 

'I'm tired of having all these hallucinations... I just want to go home.' Gon slowly and shakily brought the knife up to his arm. "I love you... Killua." Gon whispered the words as he began to cut his arm. 

When Gon woke up that morning, he felt numb. His eyes traveled down his bloody arms and sheets. 'Maybe I overdid it last night...' He thought to himself as he pulled open the drawer on his nightstand. He grabbed some bandages out and began to wrap his arms tightly with it. When he finished, he looked down at his bloodied sheets and pulled it off. 

Gon finished getting dressed and cleaning up the mess about 10 minutes later. He was now standing in front of his bathroom mirror. His eyes and cheeks were red from crying last night. The green-haired teen reached for his concealer and began to apply it to the red areas. Killua taught him how to use makeup years ago, although he wasn't interested in it then, it's really useful now. Gon picked up the beauty blender and began to blend it all in. For the last touch of his look, freckles. Gon grabbed some brown eyeliner and puts a few dots on each cheek, he then blended it in with his fingers. 

--(Time Skip)--

Aizawa was teaching the class. Gon felt so numb as he remembered his hallucination from the other day; he was in his seat when Aizawa announced there was going to be a new student and Killua walked in. If only it was real. Gon was snapped out of his thoughts when a knock came from the door. 

"Come in," Aizawa said tiredly. 

Gon anxiously stared at the door, what if it was another hallucination? What if it was Killua? Those questions ran through his mind as the door slowly began to open. All Might walked in. 

"Hello Class 1-A!" He announced. Many gasps and "all might's" came from around the room.

--

Aizawa stood to the side of the chalk board while All Might taught the class. The older man couldn't help but notice the blank and lost look on the face of one of his student. The strange thing was that the facial expression belonged to Izuku Midoriya, one of his brightest and most determined student. This somehow brought Aizawa back to a couple days ago when Midoriya (Gon) had yelled at him for taking the strange device. Suddenly, Gon's empty eyes made contact with his. The older man quickly removed his eyes from Gon and tried to play it off as he was just watching the students. 

But, Aizawa also realized something in that second; Gon was going through something.