Teach Me How To Love

Chapter 8

[Y/N] awoke to her work alarm, slightly earlier than before due to having to need to replace the bandages. She sat up and rubbed her eyes before reaching her hand out to turn her alarm off. Her hand grazed the wood of her bedside table before turning her alarm off, then she turned her eyes to her phone after turning the blaring alarm off. Her eyes caught sight of the darkened wood next to her phone, in the shape of a hand print.

A scream tore from her lips for the first time that day.

She stood and grabbed a bat she hid in the wardrobe, lifting it above her head onto her shoulder before walking around her home seeing if there was any other hand prints or anyone around her home. After searching the whole top floor and finding nothing she moved to the ground floor, nothing and no one.

[Y/N] stopped in her kitchen, a sigh left her lips seeing no one around her home. She put her bat down and leaned it against the cupboard, her eyes then drifted to the sink. A plate and a knife was placed neatly in there, she didn't use them. Her breath became laboured, Dabi was here. He was here, eating in her kitchen, next to her head and bed. Her eyesight became blurry but she refused to allow tears to fall.

Then her mind switched to the police outside her door, she ran to the front door and opened it. [Y/N] threw open the door, her blurry eyes did not register what she was seeing for a moment. [Y/N] began blinking to try and clear her tears.

Another scream escaped her lips for the second time today.

A few hours later she was sat on her sofa tears slipping from her eyes as police were walking around her home taking photos and getting evidence. One lovely police woman was sat next to her trying to calm her down as she sobbed feeling guilty, sleeping soundly while these men who were trying to protect her were slaughtered. The whole thing passed by in a blur.

Another few hours passed and now instead of the nice policewoman it was Eraserhead sat next to her comforting her, all the other officers had left. Eraserhead had come to save her once again, he was always saving her such a good hero he was.

"I discussed it with the police and they're gonna have a Hero stationed around your house in order to make sure you're safe." Eraserhead spoke to her, a hand softly placed onto her shoulder as tears dripped from her eyes. "I'll walk you to and from UA in order to make sure that you're safe," He offered. [Y/N] nodded her head.

"Thank you, thank you!" She threw herself into Eraserhead, he caught her and began rubbing her back shushing her. The two were there for a while as [Y/N] just sobbed into him. "Why is this happening to me!" She wailed making Eraserhead rub her back even more.

"I don't know, I don't know [Y/N] but we'll get through it don't worry," He comforted her attempting to calm her down. Once her cries had calmed she pulled away from his warm embrace, she wiped her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Thank you Aizawa, you're always helping me and saving me." Her shoulders slumped slightly as she looked down at her hands in her lap.

"Please call me Shota [Y/N]," [Y/N] nodded her head, "I'm a hero and a friend, its what I'm here for," Aizawa grabbed her hand and began stroking her knuckles with her thumb. "Can you tell me anything, anything at all? I know you talked to the police but I want to help," Aizawa asked.

"I woke up and there was a handprint on my nightstand," A shaky breath followed, "Then I walked around with a bat and found a plate and knife in the sink, he was eating my food, he was right beside my bed, he was right next to me," Tears filled her eyes again and her breath became very shaky. Aizawa comforted her until she calmed down a little more. "Then I found the police officers, there was a lot of blood." She explained.

"They were stabbed? So Dabi didn't kill them?" Aizawa spoke aloud making [Y/N] pause, Dabi didn't kill those police officers? Then who did? Her eyes met Aizawa's dark one confusion sprouting in both of them. "But he was here the handprint proves it," He continued still staring directly into her eyes.

"But he didn't harm me just ate some of my food and left me a memento," [Y/N]'s eyes moved to the front door in her view. "So what does he want with me? He wanted me to know he was here but he didn't harm me and he had so many chances to kill me," [Y/N]'s eyes welled up even more.

"It's possible he's just wanting to torment you because if your connection to UA," Aizawa tried to alleviate some of her fears, gripping her hands harder and stroking her knuckles faster. [Y/N] shook her head in response to the proposition.

"No then he would have woken me up to scare me instead of just allowing me to stay asleep plus he never said anything like that in the times I ran into him," [Y/N]'s eyes moved back to Aizawa's, concern filled them.

"What did he say to you? Anything may be helpful to try and figure out why," Aizawa asked concerned, he then moved his hands to his pockets in order to pull out his phone. "I'm gonna write them down or record this in order to share it with the detectives if that's okay?" He asked.

"Detectives?" She questioned, not having spoken to one yet.

"I think due to the nature of whats been going on and if what I'm thinking about what you're about to tell me I reckon we may need to start a case on this, especially considering it's the League of Villains involved." Aizawa explained making [Y/N] nod her head, "Okay go on," He prompted.

"In the forest he said something about carving his name into me," Aizawa nodded his head in response, tears welled up in her eyes as she thought back to the times she was grabbed by Dabi. "Then when he grabbed me in the alley the first time," Her hands moved up to her neck, "he said something about taking care of me because I'm too weak to look after myself." A sob escaped her.

"It's okay, you're doing so well [Y/N]." Aizawa comforted her as tears ran silently down her cheeks.

"The second time, when you saved me in the alley he said it was fun to scare me and I needed more marks," She shook feeling sobs wrack her body. "Then you saved me," Her tears still ran but even more slowly than before.

"It's okay, it's okay." Aizawa stopped his phone recording and hugged the woman in front of him, she was so fragile. "So he didn't kill you and found it fun to scare you and wants to take care of you, even invited himself into your home." Aizawa spoke feeling confusion, fear and some clarity fill him.

"Yeah, I have no idea why and whats going on. I just want it to stop," [Y/N] spoke feeling fear and confusion. She was so tired of all of this, she wished she just wanted this all to stop.Why did Dabi have to take interest in her of all people?

"I have a little inkling of why," Aizawa spoke softly her head snapped up from her lap, eyes wide and slightly fearful. "He may have taken a liking to you, latched onto you because you aren't as strong as a hero possibly?" Aizawa offered his thoughts making [Y/N] shake with fear.

"You think he's latched onto me because I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and I wasn't hero?" Aizawa nodded his head, [Y/N] let out a shaky breath feeling clarity and fear take over her. "Is there anyway I can stop this?" She asked trying to come up with solutions, "Preferably with no more deaths," She added guilt crawled into her skin.

"I will talk to a detective and try and find a solution for you, I will walk you to and from work tomorrow but is there anyone you can stay with tonight?" Aizawa asked making [Y/N] shake her head, "Or someone to stay with you?" she again shook her head. "Okay how about you stay here and keep me on speed dial and try and get some sleep or we can get you a hotel if you would prefer that?" [Y/N] considered her options.

"I'll stay here tonight, he shouldn't come back tonight at least. A hero will be here tomorrow once I get back from work right?" [Y/N] asked tentatively, Aizawa nodded his head. "Do you know who it'll be?" Aizawa shook his head.

"It'll probably be someone new every day in order to make sure that the heroes are alert," Aizawa explained, she nodded her head understanding that it would change every day while she's at work. "It'll be okay, I'll get some detectives on this."

"I'll probably have to talk to them and explain in more detail?" [Y/N] asked making Aizawa nod his head to her question. "Thank you again for helping me, you've been so kind to me how can I thank you?"

"You don't need to thank me [Y/N] you being safe is thanks enough," Aizawa let a small smile take over his features, [Y/N] smiled back at him. She was safe here, with her hands in Aizawa's and in her home with him.