"Deku?"

He didn't respond.

"He feel asleep" Midnight spoke.

"Why was he so scared?" Uraraka held on to him.

"I don't know but.. man.. I've never seen someone look like that." Kirishima said worriedly.

"Like what?" Asui asked.

"So... scared... so helpless.. I don't know" Kirishima looked away.

"Why don't you take him back to UA?" Midnight concluded.

"Sure..."

Uraraka tried to lift him up but he was to heavy. Kirishima walked over and quietly picked Izuku up.

The group walked back to where the others were.

Immediately everyone who wasn't fighting noticed the depressed looks of Kirishima, Asui, and Uraraka.

"What happened?!" Kaminari called out.

Kirishima and Uraraka looked away.

"Nothing really... Midoriya just feel asleep." Asui finally answered.

"Then why do you all look so scared?"

The group stayed silent until Kirishima finally spoke.

"It was Midoriya... he just looked so desperate... and he wasn't being himself"

"What exactly was he doing?" Iida asked in concern.

"...he was crying out "I don't want to sleep""

The whole class remained silent, letting the words sink in and trying to process them.

"Who fucking cares" Bakugo finally broke the silence.

"We do!" Uraraka who had stayed silent finally lashed out.

"And why do you care so much?!" he yelled.

"Because," she sniffled, "I didn't notice anything, and what happened right now proves he's not okay!"

"That damn nerd is probably fine!" He growled.

"Er.. you might wanna re-think that.." Kaminari interrupted and pointed at Izuku.

The whole class feel silent and looked at him.

Izuku's hands started twitching and his expression changed to one of fear.

Uraraka watched in horror as his entire body started shaking.

"How do we help him!?" She cried out.

"We-we can't! My quirk lasts a few hours.." Midnight said ashamed.

Uraraka looked at the ground in anger at her own helplessness.

"Do you see Bakugo!? Does he look fine now!?" She screamed.

The class was taken aback by the usual calm girl screaming at Bakugo.

"Uraraka please stop, this isn't helping the situation" Iida tried to say as calmly as possible.

"You can't be okay with this Iida!" Uraraka said desperately, "I know you're worried about him!" She cried.

"Please calm down!"

"Sorry to interrupt, but Midoriya's skin is burning .." Kirishima cut in.

Uraraka quickly put the back of her hand on Izuku's forehead.  She reeled back in worry and quickly looked for the only classmate that could help.

"Todoroki, please cool him down!"

"Sure"

He walked over and placed his right hand on Izuku's forehead.

"I wonder what he's dreaming about." Todoroki said calmly as he used his ice quirk to cool Izuku down.

"How about you three take him back to UA to rest, okay?" Midnight pointed at Kirishima, Uraraka and Todoroki.

"That sounds fine." Todoroki responded.

~

"Should we take him back to the dorms?" Kirishima asked on their way back.

"Where else would we take him?"

"I don't know.. maybe recovery girl can find out what was wrong with him..."

"Please let's do that." Uraraka replied.

They brought her to recovery girl and explained the situation.

She said they could stay and let him rest. Recovery girl checked him over and concluded that nothing was wrong physically. She had no idea mentally, and by the looks of him sleeping he wasn't okay. Her quirk could only heal physical injuries.

"I don't see anything wrong" she told the trio.

"There has to be something!" Kirishima pleaded.

"Did you ever notice anything wrong with him before now?" Recovery girl asked.

"He seemed so down the past few days... but I brushed it off as him being tired. Im a horrible friend." Uraraka felt tears form.

"When did he start acting like this?"

"Two days ago." Todoroki replied.

"Did anything strange happen that day?"

"Yes. The night before, he came into the school late and asked for me to sneak him in. When I asked him what was wrong he said he was fine. I know he was lying though, I could see it." Todoroki stayed calm the whole time.

"What!?" Uraraka cried, "he didn't tell me about that!?"

"Something must have happened while he was out!" Kirishima said enthusiastically, "we'll just ask him when he wakes up!"

"No. He won't speak to us." Todoroki growled.

"What do you mean?" Kirishima asked desperately.

"He won't talk to us! Even though we're his friends!" Uraraka couldn't stop her tears.

"Just let him rest." Recovery girl said annoyed, "stop yelling. You're not helping anything"

"I'm sorry" Uraraka sobbed.

Kirishima looked over at Izuku and noticed something.

"Is he crying?" Kirishima interrupted, "in his sleep?" He whispered.

Sure enough, as the group looked over at Izuku and a single tear could be seen from their hurting friend.  And no one could do anything about it.

~

The three students stayed until Izuku finally woke up. The school day had already ended, but the group wanted to be there for him.

He woke up so suddenly and the trio was taken by surprise at his actions.

He woke up and immediately started bawling his eyes out.  He clutched the blanket in his grasp and buried his face in it.

He kept crying, and crying.  Until he suddenly realized their were people in the room with him.

His eyes widened in fear and panic.  He quickly pulled the blanket over his head and curled into a ball.

"Deku, it's okay.  Please stop crying." Uraraka tried to sooth him.

He didn't respond and stayed under his blanket.  She tried to place her hand on his back but he moved away.

After moments of silence he finally moved and lifted his head above the blanket.

"W-why are you h-here?" He tried to sound calm.

"Because you feel asleep." Todoroki looked relived that Izuku was talking.

"Can you tell us what's wrong?" Kirishima asked.

"......"

"Hello? Did you hear my question?" Kirishima asked softly.

"N-nothing is wrong!" He blurted out.

"Don't lie to us Midoriya. We just want to help you." Todoroki looked annoyed.

"But there is nothing to help! Honest!! I'm perfectly okay!" He tried to put on a convincing smile.

And maybe that smile would have worked, but these three already knew he was lying.

"Then why were you saying that "I don't want to sleep?"" Kirishima interrogated.

"I said that?"

"Ya you did." Kirishima huffed in annoyance. Midoriya's just trying to play dumb. It won't work, not on us.

"R-really? O-oh it's just because.... uh... I got a lot of sleep last night! And I didn't want to oversleep, you know?"

"You are a horrible lair." Todoroki growled.

Kirishima and Uraraka looked at Todoroki in surprise, their friend never really showed anger, or really any emotions at all.

"I-I'm n-not-"

"Don't fucking try to lie to us."

Woah. Kirishima and Uraraka looked at him in shock. Todoroki their usual calm classmate, just swore.

Izuku really looked scared now.

"I'm-I'm Sorry.." Izuku thought he was about to cry again.

"Just," Todoroki sighed, "tell us what's wrong... please" he said desperately.

"Please, we're your friends, you can talk to us!" Uraraka pleaded.

"I'm-"

The trio held their breath.

"Fine."

"DAMMIT DEKU," Uraraka got up from her chair and stood over him, "JUST TELL US WHATS WRONG, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU, WHY CANT YOU SEE THAT?!"

Izuku tried to shrink away further in his bed.

"C-can't you s-see that n-nothing's-"

*SMACK*

Uraraka smacked Izuku across the face.  Afterwards she stood up straight and left the room, not even trying to hold back the tears that feel from her eyes.

Todoroki and Kirishima looked at each other before following her.  Kirishima looked back at Izuku, who was still in shock.

"Just... get some help if you need it, okay buddy?" He didn't wait for a response and left the room.

After Izuku finally came back to his senses he pulled the blanket over his head again.

They hate me now.

Maybe they always hated me, and they were only being nice cause they felt sorry.

I don't want help from anyone.

Do I?

Izuku only wanted to go back to his dorm.  He slowly got up and hobbled back to his room.

Of course, there were people all around once he got to the dorms.

Crap.

Don't look at me.  Just leave me alone.

Does anything even matter anymore?

What the point?

Izuku didn't try to hide.  He just walked in, and made his way to his own room.

"Hey Midoriya you doing okay?"

"What's up buddy feeling better?"

"Hey Midoriya!"

Izuku kept walking.  He didn't respond to anyone.

How much longer can I go on like this?