Loss

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Deku frowned as he woke up in the middle of the night and saw a shadow on his window, he woke up, smiling weakly at the sight of his wife, sleeping beside him, he kissed her cheek gently before opening his window to investigate, but as soon as his window was open, he didn't see anything. Deku looked around, frowning when he heard something in his bushes, he looked at Ochako, hesitating, he should stay with her, protect her, but if he followed the noises, he may be able to put an end to this. She would understand. She had married the number one hero after all. He looked down at her sadly, running a hand through her hair and kissing her head before slipping out the window to chase after the noise. He heard footsteps, but he didn't see anything. He supposed invisibility quirks weren't uncommon.. He huffed.
"I promise I can outrun you!" He yelled into the distance. He felt insane. Chasing no one, screaming at the sky. He had left his pregnant wife alone in a house that had been attacked twice, when he was present to chase no one. He was a terrible husband, he was going to be a terrible father. His eyes rested on his feet. He frowned, he didn't hear the foot steps anymore. He stopped, looking around with a frown o his face. Where were they? He thought about calling for them, but he also felt like he shouldn't be seen screaming at nothing in the middle of the night right now.

He huffed, deciding to go home. He should have never left Ochako home anyways. He looked at his feet sadly, going back to his house. He heard screaming in the distance. He wanted to go home to Ochako, but everyone who hadn't been evacuated was a friend. She would understand. He huffed, running towards the screaming. He frowned when he ran towards where he heard the scream and the path ahead of him began to warp, he stopped, cocking his head to the side. He turned around, he wasn't sure what was going on, but he knew he had fallen into a trap. He had lived in Musutafu as long as he could remember, but he was looking around, and he didn't recognize anything. He hadn't been paying attention to where he was going, he had just been trying to find whoever was in trouble. He looked around with a frown, where was he? He thougth about Ochako, he was trapped, and Ochako was alone. He sat down, feeling helpless as he looked around, he had no idea what was going on, he had a feeling he would be spending the rest of his life in this strange place. Similar to his home, but empty. Just a little bit off. He sighed, had he been sent into an alternate dimension, or was this a mirage? Did it matter? He had no way to get home! He felt himself beginning to cry, his phone vibrated in his pocket, his heart sank as he looked down and saw Toga was calling him. He answered

"Where the fuck are you?"
Deku tried to respond, but no sound came out.

"Ochako won't wake up!"

Deku started to sob, no sound came. He had left his wife defenseless and something had slunk into his house and killed her!

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Earlier that night Ochako had been shaken awake by her husband.

"Hm?" She said sleepily "What time is it?"

"Four am. Sorry Mochi.. I was just so worried. You were sleeping so deeply, looked like you were having a bad dream."
Ochako felt uneasy, cocking her head to the side.
"You've never been this attentive.."
"No. I-I guess you're right. But that's why you left, a-and I don't want to lose my family."
Ochako frowned but nodded

"Are you hungry mochi? You are eating for two now!"

"I.. no. I'm not hungry."
"Are you sure? I can make you pancakes?"

"No thanks."
"How about tea? Or is that bad for babies? Gosh I'm sorry.. I haven't done enough research on this!"
"T-tea is fine as long as it's decaffeinated." She frowned, she suspected Deku was acting weird but she also didn't want to push Deku away right now.

Deku nodded "Tea. I can make you tea!" He kissed her hard, he had never kissed her like that

"What are you doing? You have never bitten me when we-" Ochako frowned, what was going on? She felt sleepy, she felt herself falling asleep maybe it wasn't anything bad, it was four am and she was pregnant.. Pregnant women are usually tired. She fell asleep. Deku kissed her head gently with a sigh.
"I'm sorry, Mochi, but that kid can't be born." Hopefully the poison on his lips would take care of the fetus and Ochako too. He knew Deku would get out of his maze at some point, but by than it would be too late. Once he lost his family, he would be emotionally weak enough that it would be easy to take him out. It sucked that Ocha had to die though, she was nice, and he had grown fond of her. He watched as red spots appeared on her lips and face. It was taking hold. He heard someone coming through the door, they would discover her, but it was too late. He slipped out the window and turned to ash.

Toga let herself into the Midoriyas' house, she had been notified that someone had gone through their window, only she was allowed to do that! She ran to Ochako and shook her,

"Urarakasan? Uraraka!" She sighed, where was Deku? She tried to call him, but it seemed like their connection was bad. He wasn't speaking. She sighed, whatever. It was usually her job to take care of Ochako anyways! She called Eraserhead

"What do you want?" he groaned "Your daughter. Eri."
"You can't-"
"Ochako Midoriya is dead. O-or dying, she's not waking up there are marks on her and I don't think there is anyone else who can-"
"we're on our way. Where are you?"

"Deku's house."

Aizawa huffed, guess it was a good thing Eri locked herself in the bathroom and barricaded the door during the evacuation.

"Eri. Come on."
"Where are we going?"
"Ochako Midoriya needs you."
"But isn't Mrs. Midoriya pregnant? My quirk isn't good for babies."
"Well. Neither is the death of their mother."
Eri's heart sank, oh no. "what if I can't-what if I can't fix it? D-Dekukun will lose his family."
"Yeah, but, if you don't try he's already lost his family. Look, I know it's a lot kid, but, I thought it would upset you if I didn't let you try."
Eri nodded "Poor Dekukun.."
"It's the life he signed up for. I feel bad for that kid." If it lived long enough to be Deku's child.. No. that was cruel. Deku was a good man. He would be a great father. Aizawa wished he believed it, but he had yet to see a high ranking hero be a good father. He huffed, getting them to Deku's house and running with Eri to the bedroom. Eri wrapped her arms around Ochako, starting to cry. She didn't want to hurt their child. She was so scared! She was too young to be doing any of this but she needed to help. Her quirk could very well be a game changer in the war she had a feeling they were on the brink of. Ochako woke up with a gasp, she started to cry.
"Eri?"
"Yeah."
"Oh thank you." She whimpered, hugging her close, Eri hugged her back with a sigh "We should get you to the hospital to check on the baby." She sighed,
Ochako nodded "Thank you." Tears streaked her face as she tried to remember what had happened. She remembered Deku acting weird, he remembered him kissing her so hard she bled and her teeth hurt from how hard he smacked his teeth against her own.

"Have you guys seen Deku?"

Aizawa sighed, "No, but we pretty much sped here when Toga told us we were dead. Now we're taking you to the hospital to check on the baby."
"But-"
"Nope." Aizawa picked up up and packed her to his car.

Ochako sighed, "My husband matters more to me than-"
"My daughter is worried she hurt your baby. There is a quick solution for that. Quicker than tracking Deku down!"

"O-okay." she whimpered

"I'm sure Deku is fine."

"I'm worried that.. when I see him.. I'll be scared of him. Something keeps posing as him to hurt me." She sighed
Aizawa frowned, Deku wouldn't take that well, and they needed him in at least close to average shape mentally to get through this. He got her to the hospital and inside. He smiled weakly at Momo as he laid Ochako onto the table

"You're on medical duty tonight?"
"I am." Momo frowned as she looked at Ochako, "Did something happen to Ochako?"

"Someone broke in and poisoned her. Eri reversed the effects, but we wanted to check on the baby."
Momo nodded, "Of course. Ochako, have you had an ultrasound yet?"
"No. But I don't want the first one to be without Deku." She whimpered

Momo nodded "We'll only use it something seems wrong than." She murmured Ochako smiled sadly and nodded "Thank you." lol

Momo did tests and nodded "The baby seems to be fine. We'll monitor it through the day though. Where is Deku?"
"MIA." Aizawa huffed, "No one has seen him. At least not as far as I know."

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