Poison Words

Chapter 3

To say Aizawa was worried was an understatement. He had canceled morning class when Jiro and Mina ran into class and told him that Iida had fainted in the dorms. He had a feeling that the kid would stay up all night working on the homework Mic had given him. He was expecting to see a sleep-deprived kid on the couch. He didn't expect to see Iida bruised curled in the fetal position on the ground.

"We tried to move him but he curled up like that and sounded like we were hurting him. Denki is getting recovery girl now." Momo explained.

"What happened did one of you get in a fight with him last night or something? What happened to his face? " Aizawa knelt down next to the boy gently examining him.

"We don't know what happened he wasn't in bed this morning. He came in like that. He said he didn't remember what happened. Should we call his parents?"

"Not yet. We will call when Recovery Girl tells us what's wrong." Aizawa knelt down and scooped Iida up making the kid whimper and curl up tighter. "I'm taking him to the nurse's office. Class is canceled. Stay in the dorms until we know what happened understood?" 

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"Iida are you sure you haven't been in contact with any mind-controlling villains in the last few weeks?"

"Did you have issues with sleepwalking as a child?" 

"Are you certain there is nothing you remember about last night?"

Iida buried his face in his knees. He had woken up an hour ago in the nurses' office with most of his teachers and his brother in the room talking over him. Since then he had been bombarded with questions he couldn't answer and had been poked and prodded and hugged until he felt like screaming and running out of the room.

"I honestly do not know what happened. For the last time, I went to bed after doing my work with Todoroki and when I woke up I was across town in my pajamas with a headache and without my glasses. Other than that I cannot tell you what happened because I do. Not. Know."

"Alright... well you are going to stay under observation the next few days. I'm assigning you a roommate until we know for certain this won't be happening again." Aizawa informed Iida.

"What? No! That is unnecessary and would undermine the privacy of my classmates!" 

 "I'm sure your classmates won't mind they are all worried about you kiddo. We all are. You aren't acting like your self. The last time you were out of sorts we had the Stain incident and you Midoriya and Todoroki were nearly killed. We just want to make sure you are safe.'

Iida flushed at Mic's reminder of the Stain incident. It hadn't occurred to him that his teachers and classmates might think he was up to something like that again. He had certainly learned his lesson from that night. 

"I know how this must look to you all but I assure you I honestly have no idea what is wrong with me there is nothing the matter." In the back of Iida's mind, he realized that he hadn't told them about Mai. He really should tell them that the last thing he remembered was texting his girlfriend. 

Tensei frowned and wheeled his chair closer to the bed. "Are you sure there isn't anything going on? This just isn't like you at all..." 

'My girlfriend is manipulative and I want to end things but I can't'

'I need help I'm in a relationship and I don't feel safe in it.'

'I think there is something wrong with my girlfriend'