The Imprisoned Hero

Chapter 16

He was leaning against the wall and there was some sweat running down his face. He was breathing heavily as we were finishing up for the day.

"That was only two hours and you're like this?" I asked him.

"I wasn't expecting to be put through this harsh training on day one. I thought we were going to save some people from falling buildings or something," he said.

"We're going to do that once you learn to use your quirk for defensive and offensive purposes."

He nodded his head, "Alright."

"Thank you for the help, Momo," I turned towards her.

"Are you sure this is still a good idea?" she asked.

"Yes," I said. "Even if no one can help him, I'm more than willing to help him."

"You were also captured by him and he held you hostage for three weeks," Momo said.

"I know. I wanted to help him," I said and walked over to him.

"Are you good to head back to the apartment?" I asked.

"Can I sit here for a few minutes?"

"Yeah. You can head up, Momo."

She nodded and walked out of the basement. Overhaul sat down and I sat down in front of him.

"You seem to be progressing. I don't think we need all of the five months. But it's not the physical training we need to do. We also need to do mental training so that you know when to use your quirk or not."

He nodded his head, "I kind of figured that we needed to focus on my mental state of mind."

"There will be days where I might fry your brain or there might be days where it feels relaxed."

"Yeah."

"Are you good to go?" I asked.

He slowly stood up and nodded his head, "Yeah."

I helped him up and we walked over to the stairs. When we came out of the basement, we headed over to the elevator. We both stood in the elevator quietly. It wasn't an awkward silence, but a comforting one. The doors opened up and I headed to my apartment. I unlocked it and we walked in. Overhaul looked over at the mask that was sitting on the counter.

"Is something wrong, Overhaul?" I asked.

"Do people really think I can be a hero after I have been a villain for so long?"

I walked over to him, "If one person is willing to give you a chance to change, then it will become a domino effect. As soon as they start seeing you're doing good instead of bad, they're going to accept it one way or another. If they don't, then you need to keep on fighting. You are the only one that can make them see you in a different light."

Overhaul wiped his eyes and nodded his head, "Thank you."

"I am just helping out a friend."

He looked over at me, "Are we more than just friends?"

"Meaning as a couple?" I asked.

"I guess you could say that," he said.

I thought back to the moment we shared back in the underground tunnels. His hand touching mine with nothing happening. I wanted to really test him this time. I looked at him straight in the eye.

"If you see that in us, I need you to do one thing."

"What is that?"

I held up my hand, "If you really see us as a couple, then you would let me do this."

I reached towards his mask. He didn't flinch and he didn't grab my hand. I pulled it down to where it was underneath his chin. He slowly grabbed my wrist and placed my hand on his cheek. He leaned into my hand, feeling the warmth, feeling the love emitting from it.

"I didn't expect you to do that," I said.

"Then you probably weren't going to expect this," he said and learned towards me. He lightly placed his lips onto mine. I kissed back and melted in. He pulled away and took my hand from his cheek. He put his hand against it and wrapped his fingers around. I wrapped mine around his and we lowered our arms.

"You're right. I wasn't expecting that," I said.

He smiled. It was one of the most softest smiles I have ever seen. It wasn't an evil smile that I have seen from other villains. It was pure and soft. I let go of his hand and wrapped my arms around his neck. He was taken back a bit, but he cautiously wrapped his hands around me.

"You're the first person I have ever hugged and kissed," he whispered in my ear.

"Same goes for me."

"Well, I hope to be your last."

"You probably will be," I said and put my head in the crook of his neck.

He slowly ran his hand up and down my back. He rested his head atop of mine. I could feel he couldn't contain his excitement since he tightened his grip.

"You're probably hungry," I said.

"I am a bit," he said.

"What would you like?"

"I could go for some noodles."

"Alright," I said and pulled away. We walked over to the kitchen and I pulled out a pot. He went into the pantry and grabbed some noodles. He handed them to me and I put in some water. I put in some seasoning and waited for the noddles to boil.

"Hey, can you dance?" I asked.

"I kind of know," he said.

I put some music on my phone and I walked over to him. I put my hand on his shoulder and I took his and placed it on my waist. I intertwined my hand with his and we started swaying in time with the music. After a while, we went to spin me, but I slipped and pulled him down. I watched this all in slow motion as it happened. His hand grabbed onto the pot and the water poured on to us. It landed on my arm, which had burned it. It was most likely going to end up like Todoroki's scar. I yelled in pain as we hit the floor.

"Y/N!" Overhaul yelled.

I screamed as pain coursed through my entire arm. Overhaul looked at my arm and then at me.

"I'm going to use it real quick," he said. "This might hurt a lot."

He reached over to my arm and removed the piece of flesh that was affected. I yelled in pain, but he quickly put it back on so it wouldn't bleed out all over the placed. The pain was now gone. I looked at my arm and saw it looked like it was before the water had fallen. Tears formed into his eyes and he grabbed his head with his hands.

"I'm so sorry, Y/N," he said.

"Overhaul."

"I'm so sorry about all of this! If I wasn't a villain," he kept going on.

"Overhaul."

"I am sorry for being a burden.

"Chisaki!" I yelled without thinking.

He glared over at me. He reached over and grabbed my throat. His grip tightened as there was a new raging fury in his eyes.