Prison

Izuku was once again led into the visitors area and sat down on a chair waiting for his dad to be brought in. This time however Izuku was worried, and as his dad was brought in he instantly knew something was wrong with his son.

Hisashi sat down and grabbed the phone to talk, "Looking good in the uniform kid. It suits you."

Izuku let out a small chuckle, "Thanks dad…"

That's when Hisashi noticed the bruises on Izuku's face, "Get into a fight Izuku? I'd think with your speed you'd be untouchable." Izuku sat in silence as he tried to hold back his emotions, "Izuku, everything alright?"

After a while Izuku shook his head, "I messed up dad. A-After all this time, I found them, I found the person who killed mom. The person in the red lightning. They are out there, last night we fought." Hisashi's eyes widened. "But they were just so much faster than I was. They beat me up and got away I….was so close. If I just would have been faster I could have brought them in and had them confess but now… Now everyday you spend in this prison is my fault. Because I wasn't fast enough." Tears began to run down Izuku's face, "I'm so sorry dad."

"Izuku…" Hisashi called to his son but his voice was cut out thanks to Izuku's sobs. "Izuku, this is not your fault. Look at me."

Wiping the tears away Izuku looked at his father, "What you've given up these last couple of years is not someone your age should have done. Most if not all your decisions you've made were because of what happened to me and your mom. What you wanted to study, Why you wanted to be a hero, and even with Hatsume."

Izuku was confused, "Hatsume? What does she have to do with this?"

Hisashi smiled, "Izuku, you're my son. Do you think I don't know how you have a crush on her? The way you talk about her on your visits, that look in your eye is the same one I had when I first met your mom. You're in love kid. And I bet she likes you too, but you've been too busy looking for this person in the red lightning to see it. You are 14 years old for goodness sakes Izuku, you should be going out with your friends, going to the mall, having your first crush, heck get into trouble just live your life. So listen to me and listen well, stop letting the person in the red lightning dictate your life. They've already taken more than enough from us, it's time to stop. I won't stop you from becoming a hero but please don't let the person in the red lightning control your life."

After their little exchange Izuku left the prison and walked to the train station. All while thinking about what his father told him, 'Maybe I should…'

There was still an hour or two of sunlight left so Izuku decided to go down to the hut and see if Hatsume was there. She was, "Oh hey Midoriya, Bakugo told me you went to visit your dad. Since you seemed off all day I was starting to worry."

Izuku composed himself, "I-I'm fine, just needed some time alone that's all."

Hatsume nodded, "That's good, look about what happened last night. I know you don't want to talk about it and that's fine, but if you ever need someone to talk to you know I'm here for you."

"I know, and thanks, it means alot to me to know that you have my back." Izuku then walked over to his work area. "And I know it might be a bit early for this but I'll give it to you now." digging into his stuff Izuku pulled out a small box. Walking over to Hatsume he opened it up revealing a necklace inside.

Hatsume's eyes widened, "W-What…"

"It's for your birthday, I made it while you weren't looking." The necklace was made of pieces of scrap metal which Izuku melted down, reshaped, and polished into the shape of a gear with a small pink heart pendant in the middle.

"M-Midoriya…" reaching out Hatsume grabbed the necklace from the chain and held it up. "Thank you, I love it!" She then quickly put it on. "How does it look?"

Izuku smiled, "It looks good on you. Also, I wanted to ask, you busy this weekend?"