My Problem Child ? Shota Aizawa X Reader

Chapter Thirty-Five

"I've only just woke up and we're all going to sleep?" I quickly looked over to see Aizawa smiling slightly and sat up, before I could speak he did "You did well, that could have easily gone wrong... I might have to bring you in on her training, I don't know how useful I'll be in this state." I frowned and moved over to his side "You'll still continue to fight, you always do... You did after their first attack, then the many others that followed. Me and my class are truly lucky to have you as our teacher."

He shook his head "By no means are you lucky... We're having to drag you into a war that isn't yours to fight. It's not a students job... Heroes are dying in this battle, we shouldn't be pulling students that haven't even had the time to live their lives." I hummed.

"Whilst that might be true, this is the future we've all dreamed of, so what if it's a little early. Plus, just because you're all heroes doesn't mean you should have to fight alone." He just looked down "I'm supposed to protect you all, it's my responsibility." Placing my hand on his shoulder I began "You can't be expected to fight this war by yourself Mr Aizawa, whilst we've all learnt and grown with our quirks, so have they. They took the last of All Mights abilities, the strongest hero, there's no way anyone can fight this alone."

He looked up and I could see the tears in the eye that had managed to survive his battle, his other being covered by bandage "No, you're all growing stronger whilst I'm barely able to use my quirk now... I don't even know if I'm going to be able to walk after this Midoriya... That's how badly I've failed. I've failed you, your class, and Eri... And if Eri can't train her quirk, Togata isn't able to get his quirk back." 

Not knowing what else to do, I positioned one leg on the bed next to him, I hugged him. "You haven't failed any of us! You're the reason we're all here, here to see today! You have taken the brunt of every attack to save us, almost being killed to save us. You are our hero, our teacher, and we wouldn't want anyone else to take that place." His arms wrapped around me and I could feel his body shake with his sobs "I'm so sorry Midoriya." 

"You have no reason to be sorry Mr Aizawa... you literally chopped off your leg so you wouldn't lose your quirk. I assume so you could continue to train Eri, give her a chance at being a normal child and not one under monitoring for her quirk." He nodded and tightened his arms around me "I bet that hurt a lot..." He let out an airy chuckle between sobs and nodded "Yeah... but it was necessary." I hummed. 

"Now you're going to be even more of a threat to go against, I can't imagine getting kicked by a prosthetic foot will be a pleasantry... Not that being kicked by you ever was." He chuckled and before letting out a breath "This will probably be the last of my heroic work." I quickly moved away from the hug so I was just sat on my leg upon the bed "What?" He sighed. 

"Midoriya, my ability to use my quirk is decreasing and I doubt any prosthetic will allow me to move around as I did before. I need to be quick and silent... There's no need to feel bad, I've had my time to be a hero... I'm glad I got that." I could feel the tears well up in my eyes, before saying "You've lost too much now and you don't want the next thing to be your life." He nodded and forced a smile "Perhaps after all of this, I can settle down... have a family or some shit." I wiped at my cheeks, not wanting to cry "Well, you're already class As dadzawa." He rolled his eye and scoffed, but a small smile came to his face. 

"I doubt any of you will remember me when you're all out there being exceptional heroes." 

I placed my hand on his cheek to make sure we kept eye contact "There isn't a way we'll forget you and all you've done for us. After all, you'll be the reason we become those exceptional heroes." He smiled and brought his hand up to wipe my cheek "Now that doesn't seem like something you should cry about." 

A sob escaped my mouth "I'm sorry, it just feels like a goodbye." He chuckled and shook his head "Well it's not, because I'm going to make sure I stick around long enough to see your class through till the end. Watch you all graduate, and watch you all become the heroes I know you're capable of becoming." 

Before I could think, I leaned forward as he did, us meeting in the middle as we had once before, kissing for a second time.

Before I could move away, he grabbed my shoulders and pushed me back "We can't, we need to stop... This shouldn't happen... We're student and teacher, nothing more... I have no feelings beyond that for you and nor should you... Not that anyone could feel such a way." I got up off the bed and bowed from my hip "I'm sorry... but you're wrong, someone will be able to love you." I stood straight to see him covering his eye "Just leave Midoriya... we've both said too much." 

Knowing that nothing will get through to him at this current time, I turned around and carefully picked Eri up. Moving over to the door, I stopped and looked over my shoulder "Eri and everyone got together to make you cards... I think that's proof that you're loved, maybe not romantically but it is still a form of care, admiration even... Promise me, you'll go towards that future you want once this is all over. Even if you feel you can't be loved, you deserve the future you want, just as you've allowed me and the rest of class A to move towards the future we all want." He just looked over, looking away again to nod slightly.

I gave a firm nod, hoping he'd stick to his promise, after all, he was deserving to have someone in his life that loves him wholeheartedly. Especially after the amount of people he's lost.

"Get well soon, Mr Aizawa."