the mechanic book 3 the trial arc

chapter 34

The day before they're going to Paris

Lee: I see. Are you going to Paris, France, to visit your daughter?

Izuku, yup, hopefully she's calmed down a bit about us being firm on her going out of this magneto-forsaken country.

Lee: You know, I have this friend. She's a terrific therapist who might help her if she's still feeling anxious about being in a whole different country.

Izuku: Thanks for that, but she already has a therapist.

Lee: fantastic I'm sure her power of youth will be strong.

Izuku: power of youth?

Lee: Oh, just an old family saying it goes back all the way back to the Edo period. Now let's get back to talking about that tsuyu asui.

Izuku:.....

Izuku got up and started backpedaling to the door with a smile on his face.

Izuku:. Now that you mention it, Eri could use another thera.

Lee: Nice try to sit down.

Zuku whined and laid down on the couch while Lee got his pen and paper.

Izuku: Why do we have to talk about Tsu? She's about the only good thing that came out of the lie.

Lee: Because your fears stem from losing her, that's why. Now why don't you start with when you two met again in jail?

Izuku: Not a lot to talk about it. You know, I know I lived it, but after so long, it feels like my time there was a lifetime ago, back when my life was just a betrayed boy who wanted revenge.

*Izuku liked his lips as he remembered meeting Tsuyu from so long ago and how she cried for him for what they did to his body, remembering how she cared.*

Izuku:i... I think it was with Tsuyu when the story of my life became so much more than just a betrayed story, making the betrayal look like an afterthought. Heh, I still remember how she got bold and kissed me.

Lee: Hm, I've read some of the prison files; it said here she was injured.

*Izuku frowned, remembering that day just as much as he remembered that kiss.*

Izuku:yes... She's a very blunt person and has told me numerous times that she was an idiot for fighting and for coming down there like that.

Lee: I can imagine how you felt when she was injured.

Izuku: Scared is the closest word to describe what I was feeling since that man, Julius, was stronger than me in every sense of the word. It made me feel so...well.

Lee:useless, futile, pointless, purposeless...

Izuku:ok ok. Yes, it made me feel completely useless. Tsuyu was going to get r*ped and then killed, and I couldn't do anything about it. I was completely out of it at that point, with my body going on adrenaline and my senses going to protect people. But more importantly, to protect the woman who believed in me

Lee: Even if it meant death

Izuku, even if it meant my death, was a dead man anyway. At that point in my life, I didn't actually think I could win that tournament; it was just pure luck.

Lee: Yes, but that's the problem. Mr. Midoriya, you did win, you won, and now you're out. You have no reason to feel like you need to put your life on the line.

Izuku: Tell that to the people who hate my guts.

Lee: irrelevant

Izuku:very relevant