so if i threw it all away — p, izuku

[arcy]

Somedays, Izuku wouldn't be surprised if his tendency to forgive and forget really would get him killed, someday. It'd nearly done so quite a few times -- as it was with the drowning incident. Seriously, if he hadn't accepted it, he'd probably have been fine. And so would she, honestly. ... He hopes she's okay. She'd been breathing when he left her, but the burns could've gotten infected or something. Oh, he should really stop thinking about this stuff. ... Or not, considering Aizawa's new questioning. But does Izuku want to tell him? The Maine Coon eyes the lion a little guiltily. Trust? Don't trust? Yes or no? Because telling the truth could just spiral into a mess of 'pre-clans izuku' and damn if that wasn't a huge, traumatizing mess Izuku didn't want to remember. More traumatizing than death, he means. Very shocking, he knows.
"... About an hour after I woke up like this, I met a tiger," He says, softly. Like, you might have to lean in to hear him softly. He's being a little vague -- it'd been an absolutely terrible experience. Plus, how could he possibly admit to this when all he can possibly remember is how bad the burns had been? He couldn't be a hero if he hurt somebody like that. "Well ... more like she stalked me, then attacked me. I ... didn't know what was going on or how to defend myself, since my quirk wasn't working." How many scars did he have from that incident, he wonders? More than he did from his other encounters, at least -- he'd reopened them so many times that it would be impossible for them not to scar. Still, a little self-consciously, Izuku raises his uninjured paw to his ear, the tattered one. Then quickly realizes what he's doing, if only because of the pain in his other leg, and then puts it down. Oops. "... She tossed me around for a little while til I managed to get it working. The electricity used to be attached to my quirk, back then -- I latched onto her without knowing that, though, and ..." His gaze falls back to his leg. His leg was in worse condition than her burns had been, but that's no grounds to judge it, and it was awful. He wonders if she'd managed to patch up her injuries, at least? Better than Izuku had managed to, at least. Seriously, it'd taken a month or two for them to heal, and they'd probably nearly gotten infected once or twice. "She was okay, but it wasn't good. I managed to get away, but I guess I just sort of ... forgot about it till then?" Good, vagueness was key. No need to spill how much the entire encounter had absolutely terrified him, or how bad it'd been. Aizawa could probably get it from key clues -- Izuku's electricity level was always based on how emotional Izuku was, especially if he felt threatened or just .. scared. Unless Aizawa didn't know that? Izuku would assume so, seeing that he'd literally spark when he was startled. Right, but still.

☀ what was i worth