my own problem child

Part 11 a nice long bath and words.

aizawa pov

after he said that he was starving I first noticed how thin he actually is you could see his ribs and that was concerning to say the least but I was pulled out of my thoughts as soon as nezu said we have a deal. my only thought now was that he hopefully one day would be able to trust us completely.

as we were walking back to the campsite I could see that the kid was looking around as if he was scared that something was going to happen.

hey kid what is wrong you seem a little nerves and on edge, so I want to know are we making you uncomfortable. I asked but it seemed as if he didn't hear me.

no its not you it's the scent of blood and death that makes me uncomfortable I can smell that you guys don't want to hurt me but whatever was dropped of in the forest seems to be an wronged experiment from the villains that tortured me, the kid said and that made me worry,

we wanted to go to camp as fast as possible so we could give the kid a good long baht since he needed one but we also wanted to check one the thing the kid said that he could smell but he told us not to because we would regret it and we had no other choice but to listen since he had been out here for around two years. once we were at the camp I wanted to make myself a coffee but of course I was the one who got told to give the kid a bath and I did. I brought him to the hot springs and sat him in the water after I took the fabric that convert his private section. he didn't seem to mind at all but I guess out in the forest you don't really care if you're naked or not.

OK kid let me clean your hair and back so we can see what you really look like, because I kind of have my doubt that your skin color is brown. I said.

OK but be careful got some scars and injuries on my back.  he said.

so I was genteel but nothing in the world would have prepared me for this, the kid had letters burn into his skin the letters were not big but it looked horrific, the words quirkless, waste of space, useless. dead weight, freak, worthless, stupid, burden, idiot, animal, monster, beast, killer. were burned into his back and would be there for ever, I don't know how long I stared at the words but when he turns around I could read the word failure on his chest in big letters, I asked him what all the words on his back meant but he just said that he never knew what was on his back, in the end of the baht I just gave him a hug and it seems that that was all it needed for the boy to break he just started crying. after a while I told him to tell me everything he can remember from the time when he was younger till now and he did or so I hoped I knew he left things out because he didn't trust me, and after the talk he fell asleep and I let him be I just took him to a room with a bet and laid him down.

time skip middle of the night,

Izuku  pov

darkness that is all that is there I know it's a nightmare but that doesn't make it any better I can see my torture stand in front of me with the branding iron pressing it against my skin the smell of burning flesh started to make its way up into my nose I knew jet still I wanted to wake up I wanted the pain to go away, I hate myself for being so weak that I can't wake myself up from my own nightmares I hate it, I hate it, I HATE IT, and yet nothing ever changes I want to escape this hell but I can't I can only wait and hope that I wake up soon, and soon I did but to someone yelling my name with worry. but no one cares about me so why are they worried,

Izuku wake up, that was the thing that woke me up I looked around and saw one of the heroes from yesterday eraserhead was his name I thing but why did he wake me.

why did you wake me, I asked not understanding what it meant to be loved and cared for.

you where having a nightmare problem child you were screaming to yourself in your sleep trying to wake up and I helped you so you could escape whatever place you were in. said eraser.

thanks, I said sorry for waking you with my screaming and sorry for being a burden to you.

oh problem child your not a burden to me and I was already awake so you didn't do anything wrong and you don't have to be sorry for having a nightmare.

hey how about I stay with you for tonight so you don't have anymore nightmares. eraser said.

but how can you make sure I don't get more nightmares, I asked.

easy I wake you once you have one so the nightmare never really becomes one ok. he said.

ok. I don't know why but I trust him he feels like mom when she was still around and she said to trust my mind and gut and both tell me to trust and to stay with him.