"Are you deaf, or just a damn idiot?" Deku yelled at the man tied to the chair in front of him.

Deku hit the man again. He was whimpering something about not knowing and tried to pleaded with Deku to let him go. Deku ignored his pleads and struck him again

"I told you not to fucking touch her!" he yelled, losing his temper, and beating the man again.

"I'll continue with you later," he spat at the man. "Take him away" Deku shooed at his guards.

Damn it, why did he always end up with the stupidest people as his subordinates. And this time they had taken it one step too far. They had hurt you. He had one rule, you weren't supposed to get hurt. He knew giving such an order put a target on your back, since it signified that you obviously meant something to him. But now you'd gotten injured, badly. You were laying in the hospital suffering from severe blood loss and a punctured lung. That's what he had gathered at least, it could be much worse. He would deal with that idiot later, but now he wanted to go see you. It was risky, but he had to, he needed to.

Izuku made his way to the hospital in silence. He had changed into casual clothing and a mask to seem less suspicious. He asked the front desk where you were and walked straight to your room. The lights were dim, and he could hear the mechanical whirring of the machines. Your breathing was labored and sounded guttural. There seemed to be a tube going under your hospital shirt.

He couldn't do anything but just stare at you. Honestly, you looked horrible. You had a black eye and your lip had split, your arm was in a cast and what he could see of your skin was mostly colored black, purple and blue. The guy who did this to you must really have caught you off guard to do such damage. Not that you hadn't beaten him up for good too.

"Oh god." he took a shaky breath and slumped down to the nearest chair.

You groaned, and turned your head towards him. Your other eye was swollen shut and the other one was barely open.

"Izuku?" you asked with a raspy voice.

"Yeah, I'm here" he said quietly and grabbed your hand carefully, being sure not to disturb the IV.

You tried to give him a smile, but he could see pain flash a cross your face. You took a sharp breath and sighed: "I'm in a pretty bad shape"

"You are, and the bastard that caused this will pay, I promise you" he assured.

"Please don't kill them"

"Please don't argue with me on this"

"I won't, I'm asking"

Izuku sighed. He knew you wouldn't approve, but it wasn't your decision to make. He needed to keep his men in line, and if he didn't punish those who disobeyed him, people wouldn't take him seriously.

"Enough about that. Do you know the extent of your injuries?"

"I gathered some details earlier. I've got a monteggia fracture on my left arm, my left eye socket had some fractures, my right lung was punctured and they stuck a chest tube in it, and I lost some blood, but otherwise I'm just dandy" you sighed sarcastically.

Izuku's heart hurt, seeing you in such a bad shape. He could feel the tears stinging his eyes, but he wiped them away quickly, hoping you didn't notice. He brushed your hand with his thumb and placed it against his cheek. You didn't pull it away, but in turn brushed his cheek with you thumb.

He was worried, you'd been able to tell even without seeing him, but under the warm worry you saw in his eyes, was also anger. It was justified, yes. But what he would do whit it probably wasn't going to be. However, for now you were too tired to care. Your whole body hurt and you were a bit fuzzy from all the medication they'd been pumping into you, to be honest, you felt like total shit. Izuku's cheek warming up under your touch made you feel a tad better. You loved how you were the only one who could make this big bad villain blush.

"Come here" you muttered tiredly.

Izuku pressed his forehead against yours and inhaled deeply. You smelled like some hospital chemicals, mixed with your own scent he was used to. It calmed him down a little. You would be okay, eventually.

Izuku couldn't help but sigh. "I need to leave, the visiting hours are ending and you need to rest,"

"I know" you groaned, and nuzzled your nose against his.

Izuku gave you one last kiss on the forehead. Then he pulled up his mask and left. You missed him almost immeadiately, but you were too exhausted to stay awake to worry.

When Izuku got back to his base, he ordered his guards to bring the man back to the underground interrogation room.

"Oh, and bring me my tools" he added,

Yes, seeing you had calmed him down, but that didn't mean he had forgiven the man. Quite the opposite, he just saw things clearer now. Deku would't kill the man, as you'd hoped, but he would make him wish he did.

The man was brought into the room and his blindfold was removed.

"I hope you're not too attached to your fingernails" Deku grinned menacingly, dangling the pliers in his hand.