Waves Find Their Land

Chapter 38: Physical Therapy. Again.

Three days have passed since the last chapter. Izuku has been more open to touch to very certain people. Nejire, his mom, and Mai mainly. Aoi and Miwa had their moments but they were few and far between. Izuku had especially been more open to touch when it came to Nejire. Izuku wasn't comfortable with big touches like hugs and cuddling yet. But little touches he seemed fine with especially with Nejire. Anytime you would see them they would be holding hands, have fingers wrapped around each other, or some little physical touch.

Izuku Midoriya woke up and looked around. Everyone morning was the same. He would not believe where he was for a moment or two and reality come back to him and he relized where he was. But for those handful of seconds? Ghidorah still owned him in his mind. And that was enough to shatter him every day.

Nejire Hado rolled over and gently put her hand on her boyfriends, "Izuku."

He turned to her with worry in his eyes, "H-Huh?"

"Your safe Izuku. Your here with me."

Izuku eyes then became filled with relief and he laid back down, "S-Sorry."

"Izuku. I told you. You do not need to say sorry. Never say sorry over this. You can't control it. Ok?"

He sighed, "I-I'll try."

She gave him a smile, "That's all I ask. Hey you ready to head to U.A.?"

He shook his head, "No. It's a school day. No doubt my class knows about me coming in today."

She nodded, "I understand. Do you wanna go later in the day?"

He shook his head, 'N-No. I wanna g-get this o-over with."

She kissed his hand, "Let me help you get dressed and then we can get you to U.A."

He nodded, "F-Fine."

A couple hours later they were at U.A.

Izuku wore plain blue jeans, a white shirt, and his leather jacket.

Nejire wore black thigh highs, green shorts, a black skirt, and a dark green shirt with her jacket.

Something else Nejire had done was sew into their jackets.

Right above the fist on the back of Izuku's it read in light green, "DEKU"

Right above the fist on the back of Nejire's it read in periwinkle, "DEKU'S GIRLFRIEND"

Izuku himself found it cute. But recently something has happened. Whenever he looked at the jacket he didn't feel the joy he did whenever he got it. He felt. Empty. Like it was a normal jacket. Like it was nothing special.

He needed to talk to Midnight about what that might mean.

By the time they entered it was just before lunch time. So students were coming out of class and walking down hallways. But once they say Midoriya they stopped. Everyone knew. Of course they did. A student had been captured by the number two villian. Of course the news picked it up. God what was he thinking! How could he forget.

He put the hood over his head, "H-Hurry. P-Please."

She nodded and hurried up her pace and everyone seemed to create a path. On their way into the elevator they heard a student say, "That dude was the one captured by Ghidorah? How the hell is he alive?"

Izuku slapped his hands over his ears, "Don't listen to anything they say Izuku. Just block them out. I can do this. I can do this."

By the time they reached the nurses office the whole school had seemed to learn they were there.

They entered the office and Recovery Girl was already waiting, "Earlier then expected."

Nejire spoke, "Yeah the students kind of cleared a path for us."