Electric Current: Not Past

A New Start

⚠️TW: MENTIONS OF SUICIDAL THOUGHTS/ACTIONS⚠️

I was currently dreaming. I could tell as much, but I don't remember falling asleep... Zeido, Yimashu, and I were all sitting on my bed and watching a chick flick like we used to do every weekend. We were all giggling at the drama unfolding until everything stopped.

The tv paused by itself and then I was alone in my room, my friends no longer sitting on the bed next to me. I look around the room and watch it start to fade into white, taking me with it. 

Each of my senses starts to return to me. First, my sense of smell, the antiseptic making me crinkle my nose in disgust. Then, I could wiggle my fingers and toes. My body felt like it was made of static electricity as the feeling returned to each appendage.

Blurriness kept me from seeing anything except blobs of color, but I was starting to hear the beeping of machines around me. I knew where I was and why I was here, I just wished I could do something right. Pain and nausea gripped my stomach when I sat up in the uncomfortable bed.

I almost gag at the smell, the scent of chemicals and sickness only adding to my nausea. The beeps of the machine get louder as my panic grows stronger and my breathing starts to become irregular. Who found me? My mind was still a bit muddy.

Exhaustion and pain threatened to pull me back under until a door banged open and people started rushing to my side. 

"Thank goodness you are awake, Daike!" My mom cries out, hugging me gently. 

The hug made my stomach churn uncomfortably and I felt bile rise up. "I'm gonna be sick." I whimper out while holding a hand over my mouth.

A nurse holds a small trashcan under my chin just in time for me to throw up. I heave and cough until nothing comes out, my body shaking and exhausted from the exertion. The nurse helps me back into a laying position and leaves to give my parents and I some privacy.

"I'm so glad you're okay."

"Yes, your mom was very worried," Dad says, concern shining in his eyes.

My voice is quiet and broken when I speak, "I think you broke my heart again."

Mom and dad share a look before coming to sit in two chairs placed next to my hospital bed. They sit quietly for a moment before mom speaks, "We have something for you..."

I look up at them in confusion until mom hands me a folded letter. Before I could read it, she continues, "You got into UA!"

She hands me a UA hoodie and I hug it to my chest with a tired, but genuine smile. The letter was just a formal note, recognizing me as a possible student at UA. Now all I had to do was pass the written exams and the quirk test and then I was in. This was actually happening! 

My parents both smile and each of them squeezes one of my hands in their own.

"We're so proud of you, Daike. Once the doctor gives you permission to leave, you'll have to get packed. They have dorms ready, so you'll be living on campus. Isn't that exciting?!" Mom asks quickly, trying to draw another smile out of my, once again, impassive face.

AN: I know that, in the anime, they didn't get dorms right away, but I wrote it differently. This is my story, so it will be slightly different from the anime/manga, but I'll try to stick as close to the series as I can.

"We should let her rest, honey." My dad says with a nod in my direction.

Mom sent me a look filled with guilt and regret, but I turned away from it—from her. Miss Nura said I would get into UA and I did. Part of me was glad that my attempt failed but another, much larger, part wished that I hadn't woke up at all. I didn't want to see the faux concern on my parents' faces.