Ultra Responsibility (My Hero Academia X Spider-Man Reader)

Issue 118 - There is Only One Hero

I woke up in the passenger seat of a car.

For a few seconds, I did not know where I was.

My neck ached from sleeping at an angle. The window beside me was cold against my shoulder. The low hum of the engine filled the silence.

I yawned and rubbed my eyes.

Uncle Ben was driving.

He glanced over and smiled.

"You can go back to sleep," he said. "We aren't going to be there for a while."

I blinked at him.

His hands rested calmly on the steering wheel. He wore an old brown coat I remembered from when I was younger. The sleeves were slightly frayed near the wrists.

For some reason, seeing that made my chest hurt.

I looked out the window.

Fog pressed against the car from every direction.

Thick.

White.

Endless.

I could not see the road. I could not see any buildings, trees, or streetlights. Even the front of the car vanished into it.

"Are you alright to drive in this?" I asked.

Uncle Ben chuckled.

"Don't worry, sport. I can see perfectly clear."

I sat up a little straighter.

Everything felt heavy.

My head.

My arms.

Even my eyes seemed reluctant to stay open.

I rubbed at my face again, trying to shake the sleep from it.

Then I looked down at my hand.

My fingers twitched.

One at a time.

Not because I moved them.

They curled into my palm, spread apart, then tapped against my leg in a slow pattern.

I stared.

My index finger bent backward slightly.

Then snapped straight.

"Y/N?"

I looked up.

Uncle Ben glanced toward me.

"You alright?"

I quickly closed my hand.

"Yeah."

The word came out quieter than I meant it to.

"I'm just tired."

He smiled.

"You can go back to sleep. We aren't going to be there for a while."

I stared at him.

The same words.

The same tone.

Exactly the same.

I leaned my head back against the seat.

The fog outside scraped across the windows, even though there was no wind.

My eyelids lowered.

Then something occurred to me.

I looked toward him again.