Experiment 164 ~ Nomu Deku

4- I'm not in trouble?

⚠️panic attack⚠️
Midoriya's POV

I looked in horror at the two adults in the doorway. I was screaming at myself for being so stupid. I started to shake as they walked in the room to see what happened. "I-I'm s-s-sorry!" I stutter out turning around to quickly pick up the books and put them away. "I-I didn't m-mean to I swear!" Tears started to threaten the corners of my eyes. I-I can't cry or they'll y-yell at me more!! I picked up one of the many books and the pages in it were all wrinkled. N-no... I messed it up. I hear shuffling behind me and I turn around to see Aizawa walking over to me. He looks at the book then at me with a sad looking face.

"I'm sorry!! I-I'm really r-really sorry!! I-it won't happen again!! I p-pr-promise!!" The tears now coming down my pink cheeks. Aizawa reaches out for me and I flinched away dropping the book and using my arms as a shield. I started to sob and stumbled backwards. When my back hit a wall I stopped and slid down it. I grabbed my hair and started to pull at it as my breathing quickened. I feel someone grab my arms and all I can think is that I'm gonna be beat really bad.

"I'm not going to hurt you... please listen" I hear Aizawa's calm voice.

"Y-yes you are! I-I messed up your b-books your going to punish me!! A-and send m-me back to the l-lab!" I sob.

"No, I'm not going to send you away. Your safe here no one is going to hurt you" Aizawa said pulling me close to his chest. At first I was startled because I've never really been hugged or ever really touched in a positive way before. Soon enough I find it comforting and lean into it, wrapping my arms around him crying into his chest. "Shh shhh it's ok, I'm not gonna hurt nor will Hizashi. We are here to help you and we are here if you need anything. So please don't ever think you will be hurt any way from us" he quietly whispers in my ear. I feel another pair of arms wrap around me and look up to see Mr. Hizashi. "And we will never send you back to that horrific lab" the blond says rubbing my back.

⚠️end of panic attack⚠️

"C-can I come t-to the k-kitchen with you?" I ask quietly. I don't want accidentally mess something up again. "Of course, we almost have our late lunch ready" they both let go of me and stood up. Hizashi reached his hand out for me to grab. I was nervous to take it but in the end I decided to just go for it. I grabbed his had and he helped me up. "Come on! Let's leave all this sadness behind and eat some food!!" He says enthusiastically and, still holding my hand, gently pulls me to the kitchen.

We get there and I mostly just look around at first. I don't dare to touch anything. God I'm such a fuck up. Finally I walked back to where Mr. Aizawa and Hizashi were. Aizawa was making something on the stove, while Hizashi was sitting on a bar stool watching. I could feel that for the most part they were..... happy? No content is a better word, but they were also very stressed. I knew the reason they were stressed was because of me..... I really do just cause problems...

I stand there awkwardly wanting to sit on the bar stool, but to scared to ask. Hizashi looks over to me and says "hey if you need a seat you can go ahead and sit" he says kindly. I nodded my head and walked over to the stool on his right. I'm short and this was a really tall counter which means really tall stools... I had to climb up this stupid thing!! Once I finally made it to the top the air seemed happier. I looked over to Hizashi and Aizawa to see them holding in laughter. Immediately I knew it was because of how long it took me to get on this stupid chair.

"W-what's so funny?" I say trying to be serious and a bit intimidating, but my stutter kinda got in the way of that. The two of them finally burst out laughing.

"We're sorry but you just to cute!" Hizashi says in between fits of laughter. C-cute?! I have never heard that one before. What kind of insult even is that?