Smile for Me

Chapter 35: What Happened

Aizawa POV

Everything felt fuzzy. His head especially. He felt extremely disoriented and the top of his head hurt like hell.

He tried to open his eyes and was met with blinding light. He decided to slowly let his eyes adjust to the light. His ears had felt stuffed full of cotton, and he didn't hear the beeping until just now. He finally opened his eyes and looked around.

Oh, right.

He was in a hospital bed, with an IV tube in his arm, and a machine monitoring his heart-rate. He saw that there was a window to his right and a curtain to his left. Suddenly he had a realization.

Joke.

He tried to sit up and was met with severe pain. He laid back down and reached over for the nurse call button on his bed.

The nurse came in. "Oh, hello, Mr.Eraserhead! That was quite a nasty hit on the head you took."

"What happened?" he asked.

"You were captured, but the Heroes came to rescue you. They finished the raid, and most everyone made it out okay."

"How long ago was that?"

"About 3 days. But at least your vital signs have proven promising."

That startled him.

"What do you mean, my vital signs?" he asked.

"That woman in the black and orange I'm told you were carrying to the gurney. She's not doing as well.." she said sadly.

He was about to demand to see her when the doors bust open.

"Aizawa!!!" Hizashi yelled.

"Mic, please not so loud..." Aizawa begged, clutching the side of his head where a bandage was.

"Oh! Sorry, dude." he whispered as Midnight and Vulca walked in as well.

Midnight stormed over to him and smacked him upside the head.

"Ow! What was that-"

"What the hell were you thinking?!" she yelled, "I know you're all heroic and stuff, but you could've died trying to drag her out of there yourself. We were there, why didn't you ask for help?" she slowed down. "I can't almost loose two friends in a month." she finished.

"I'm sorry, Nemuri. But she needed medical attention fast, and I didn't have time to wait." he apologized.

After a pause, Vulca spoke up.

"How you feeling, Eraserhead?" she asked putting some flowers on the other side of the curtain.

"Okay, I guess. Where's Joke?" he said, cutting to the chase.

"Oh! She's right here." Midnight said, pulling back the curtain next to him.

He almost wished she hadn't.

He saw her bandaged and bruised all over. Her makeup was gone, her hair was sprawled out all over her pillow and she was in a hospital gown. She was still asleep.

"How is she?" Aizawa asked the nurse, trying his best to keep his voice steady.

Everyone glanced at each other for a moment.

"Speak up already." Aizawa said impatiently.

"Sh...She's been n-non-responsive. Her vitals are stable, but she hasn't shown any signs of w-waking up. And even if she does wake up, we have no idea how she'll act."