Waves Find Their Land

Chapter 14: Unexpected

Izuku and Nejire had just gotten back to the dorms. Nejire wheeled him in went towards the couch, "Let's get you on the couch."

He smiled and once they were at the couch Izuku got up from the chair and sat down on the couch, "T-Thanks N-Nejire!"

She put the wheelchair next to the couch so it was easily reachable and sat down next to him, "Hey! You wanna watch something?"

He yawned, "You can watch something. I'm tired from today."

Nejire gave him a small smile, "You wanna do what we did last night?"

He nodded, "P-Please?"

She patted her lap and he got rearranged and laid his head down on her lap, "Comfy."

He nodded and she smiled and ran a hand through his hair, "You sleep well Izuku."

She felt him fall asleep and she gently grabbed his hand and brought it to her lips and kissed the back of it, "You are amazing Izuku."

She felt him have a small shiver, "Izuku? You cold?"

She didn't get a response but she decided to get a blanket. She gently lifted Izuku's head up off her lap. She went up to Izuku's room to get one of his spare blankets.

Shortly after she left Izuku woke up, "H-Huh?"

He looked around, "Nejire?"

He sat up, "Hm. Maybe bathroom? Great now that I said it I need to go."

He got up on shaky legs and made his way to the nearest wall. His legs about gave out multiple times but luckily he got to the wall in time. He slowly made his way to the bathroom. Once he got there he was already out of breath. He shut the door behind him and did his business.

Once he was done he got up on shaky legs, "Come on Izuku. You can do this." He leaned up against the wall and walked towards the sink. He washed his hands while using the sink as leverage. Once he dried his hands he leaned up against the wall as he left.

Once he got out of the bathroom he got closer to the couch. He took a breath, "Probably ten steps. You can do this Izuku. One foot in front of the other."

He stopped leaning up against and began to walk, "One." Another step, "Two." Another step, "Three." Izuku's legs got shakier, "You can do this. Just focus." Another step, "Four." His legs barely had any strength, "Damn it." He took a deep breath, "Just six more. Come on." He took his next step, "Fi....." Before he could finish his legs gave out and he went straight to the floor. He caught himself before he had another incident like this morning, "Damn it! So close!"

He heard Nejire from the stairs, "Izuku? You ok? I heard yelling?" She finished walking down the stairs, "Sorry I went up stairs to get you a...blanket...." She saw Izuku on the ground and he looked exhausted.

She quickly put the blanket down, "Izuku!" She quickly helped him up on the couch, "What happened!?"

Izuku took a deep breath, "N-Needed to use the bathroom."

Nejire shook her head, "Then why were you in the middle of the floor?"

"I-I thought I could make it from the wall. I-I was s-so close."

Nejire put his hands on his head and turned it to face her, "Izuku. Your supposed to take it slow. Not to mention you were already exhausted from your physical therapy today. You were supposed to rest."

Izuku sighed, "I-I know. I-I just." He gripped his fists, "I-I just. I hate this. I hate this f-feeling. I hate b-being useless." He had small tears in his eyes, "I-It reminds me o-of when I-I was in m-middle school and h-high school. I-I h-hated e-every second of it. I-I hate b-being l-like that person I w-was. I-I hate t-this w-with e-every f-fiber o-of my being."