Blazing Memories

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KATSUKI'S POV 

The stupid weekend is over so I have to go to that lame ass school again, I've been thinking about everything Deku's told me and I'm not sure what to do. I of course want to beat the shit out of his pathetic excuse for parents but he seemed absolutely petrified at the idea of that and I don't want to put him into more danger. *I'm not sure if I should tell the old hag or not* I thought to myself on the way to school that Monday morning. I got up early since Deku is always there so I could cheer him up after auntie's anniversary he must still be really sad so I wanted to put a smile on his face, I even brought his favorite treats. 

I finally made it to the school building but was surprised to find Deku wasn't there as I walked into our classroom, *not even his bag, so I guess he's not in the toilet.* I took a seat at my desk and just thought to myself about everything going on, *maybe he overslept because of what happened.. he was probably up all night crying* that seems like something he'd so there's no need to worry. *I'll just wait...*

IZUKU'S POV

  When I opened my eyes again I was still in the basement just this time I was strapped onto the surgical bed we have at the side of the room. Why we even had it I had no idea but it's probably the least of my concerns right now. I tried to get my arms and legs loose but to no avail, my body was so drained and exhausted there was no point. The restraints were made of leather so my fire wouldn't do much and I was too exhausted to use it anyway so I just gave up and closed my eyes to once again fall into a dreamless sleep. 

I jolted awake from a sudden bang but was unable to move from the restraints on me. I then remembered everything that had happened and looked around the room to see my father just walk down the final step to the basement. I guess he must have been absolutely furious if I'm still down here. My body was still so exhausted but I had gained back some energy from my naps.

One week later...

I'm still down here.. a whole week later and I'm still down here. Covered in my own dry blood as I wasn't permitted to take a shower and any energy I should have gained from sleeping has ran out from my lack of nutrition. He hasn't given me a piece of food and my stomach was practically burning from the hunger but I've had some water so at least my throat didn't feel like sand paper. At this point I've just given up screaming.. I don't see the point anymore. It just makes him happier and clearly no one is coming to save me so there's no point. *I wonder when he'll let me out though.. If he keeps this up I won't even be able to walk by the time the entrance exams pop up.* UA's entrance exams, the goal I've worked so hard towards, they happen two weeks into the holiday. Our holiday lasts about two months but our schools need to be decided within the first month which is why the entrance exams happen so soon. They send us our results within a week so we have plenty of time to get out school stuff ready or apply for another school if we don't make it in.

A few days later my father finally let me out although I could barely move at this point from the lack of energy, my body was still mostly numb so I couldn't feel the fresh cuts and bruises all over me. The first thing I did was drag myself to the kitchen and grab myself a few bananas and some water before practically crawling up the stairs to my bedroom. I needed to try to eat something so I very slowly ate a banana and sipped some water to help it go down and just sat on the floor leaning against my bed for a while till my stomach finally stopped burning a long while later. I ended up passing out again after that and by the time I woke up again it was already the next morning. 

My body wasn't numb anymore so I could feel all the pain my body was experiencing. I felt far too heavy but made my way to my bathroom anyway and finally took my long awaited shower. I cried the whole way through as I remembered everything that happened this past week and flinched as the hot water and soap stung the cuts all over me. After washing myself off I just sat on the shower floor, leaned against the wall and let the water pour down on me. I just didn't want to do anything... what was there to do? schools over and I'm probably never leaving this house again and Kacchan? as if I'd ever be able to get out to even see him. I'd call him but I don't want to risk being heard... I'm.. so scared and I don't know what to do. I got up after a while and brushed my teeth because my mouth tasted disgusting after not cleaning it for so long then finally got dressed. I covered up all the cuts and bruises I could reach then cleaned up the whole house from top to bottom, made dinner for everyone, ate alone in my room this time since I didn't want to be seen and finally wrote about what happened in my journal. I would look at my phone but I didn't know where it is and I was petrified to ask so I just didn't. After washing all the dishes and having some water I did a bit of exercise before going to sleep once again.

The next day I was given back my phone and was allowed to go to training with Daichi but that was all, I was given a time to leave and a time to be back and if I exceeded that time well I'd regret it of course so I obviously complied and went back to my room for the day. I looked through my phone to see a bunch of texts and missed calls from Kacchan, thank God my phone was on silent and I set my phone for my notifications to not show on my locked screen or I could've gotten caught.   

The next day I went to training with Daichi, he didn't ask me anything about what had happened which I appreciated although I think he already knew. He didn't work me as hard as usual and we did mostly quirk training rather than martial arts, I guess he feels bad for me? I don't want anyone's pity. That's pretty much how it went for the next week. I trained, cleaned, ate and slept, nothing else really happened besides that. I was the best I could be so thankfully I have no extra bruises to add to the ones I already have. After this week all the cuts were just scabs and scars and the bruises had gone down mostly but they were still lightly purple. As long as I wear the right clothing I can cover it up just fine. I thankfully have no scars on my fave but I do have a faint black eye and a tiny bruise on my cheek but I'll wear goggles for my eye so no one can see them, It's also to prevent people seeing them glow when I activate my quirk. They cost quite a bit but it's worth the money I saved up. As for the bruise on my cheek I'll just have to expose it or hope it goes away by the entrance exam. I don't have any fire proof clothing so I have to be careful with my flames during the exam, I don't need to expose all of my scars. 

*I hope everything goes well then...* I thought to myself before drifting off to sleep.