My Hero Acadamia Short Stories (Volume 1)

Shift: Part 8 (Shinsou)

"Shinsou." I breathed into the phone.

"Y/n?" I heard him. "Why are you calling? What's wrong?"

"I need you." I said and I started crying again.

"Stay where you are. I'll be right there." He told me. I hung up the phone and hugged my knees to my chest. I continued to cry as it started raining.

After what felt like forever, I heard footsteps approaching. I tried my best to stay quiet in case it was the guy from earlier.

"Y/n?" I heard, it was Shinsou.

"I'm here." I called out, and I watched a light appear on the ground and it got closer. When the light came around the corner of the dumpster it didn't move after landing on me.

"Y/n?" Shinsou said and turned the flashlight off. "What happened to you?" He crouched down to my level.

"There was a guy." I said. "He pulled me into the alley."

"And he muzzled you?" He asked me. And I closed my eyes, and I wanted to do nothing more than scream. "Come here." He told me with his arms open. I grabbed his arms and pulled myself to him. I wanted nothing more than to bury my face into his shoulder and hide, but the gate on the muzzle kept me from doing so.

"I can't get it off." I told him. He pulled me away and looked at it himself.

"I can't get it off without something to cut it." He told me. "We have to get back to the school." He helped me up, and I hugged myself. "Y/n, did they do anything else to you?" I shook my head no. He placed his hands on the side of my head and made me look at him. "Look at me and answer." He told me.

"No." I said. "They pulled me into the alley, and strapped this to my face. Then he threw me to the ground and took off." He sighed and nodded. He took his jacket off and put it around me. I slid my arms through the sleeves and he put the hood over my head to hide the muzzle. He lead me towards the street and had his arm around my shoulders as we went back to the school.

As soon as we stepped into the commons area, everyone saw us and ran to us.

"Y/n!" They all said and surrounded us.

"Where have you been?" Denki asked, and I slid the hood off my head. Everyone went into shock when they saw my face.

"What the hell happened?" Momo asked.

"I was walking along the street when this guy tackled me and put it on my face." I told them.

"Y/n?" Shinsou asked and I looked at him. "Why were you walking by yourself on the street?" I looked in the direction of Bakugo, he was looking down at the floor.

"We were at the mall, and I got nervous with all the people that were around." I said, and Bakugo looked up at me, but I looked away. "I got so nervous I just took off running. I'm sorry for worrying everyone." Everyone gave small glances at each other, all of them but Shinsou knowing the truth.

"It's okay." Mina said, and went along with the lie. "It wasn't your fault you got overwhelmed."

"Lets go get this thing off of you." Shinsou said and pulled me away from them.

I heard a loud smack and when I turned my head back towards everyone, they all stood around Bakugo who was rubbing the back of his head and they were quietly yelling at him. Shinsou walked me up to his dorm and pulled me into his room.

"Stay right here, let me find something to cut it." He told me as he sat me on his bed. I looked down at my hands.

"Why didn't I do anything?" I asked him.