Emiri pov -

Do you think before you act? Because I don't.

The moment I heard screams coming from inside my apartment building I set my belongings down next to some dumpsters and flew in without thinking.

It's my fault they were trapped inside. If it weren't for me they would be fine, so this was the least I could do. Save them.

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Hawks pov -

"Haru, you can head home early, I can handle the rest of this paperwork." Haru poked his head out of his office door, his eyebrows raised slightly, "Really?" I nodded my head and waved him off.

Truth be told I just wanted some peace and quiet to think and finish fast so I could get to Emiri sooner. The more I spent time with her, the more I grew attached to her.

And it scares me.

I don't know how to deal with these feelings. I don't know how to deal with sad people. I had to look up how to comfort someone online because I couldn't stand seeing Emiri like that.

It was pathetic.

I was pathetic.

I am pathetic.

But that wasn't going to stop me from being there for her, because no matter how hard I tried to fight the feeling, I always ended up falling harder.

I let out a heavy sigh and turned my phone on. No texts. She usually texts me when Eri leaves, and she would've left by now.

Somethings not right...

I decided to call her. Straight to voice mail.

I felt myself starting to panic. Why? Why was I panicking? She's probably fine, I'm just overreacting.

I shook my head and made my way to the bathroom to splash cold water on my face when I caught a glimpse of the TV and it's audio.

'What you're seeing right now is live footage of an apartment fire. We've been told there are still civilians trapped inside, as well as a pro hero who is trying to save them. Officials are just now arriving at the scene, along with other pro heroes-"

I didn't need to hear anymore. One look at the building and I instantly knew which one it was. On top of that, there was blue fire everywhere. I didn't even realize I had started flying towards her apartment building until I was already there.

There were those instincts again.

I landed next to a few police officers, "How many?" They were startled but were quick to answer me, "A mother and child, and a pro hero."

Dammit Emiri, you just had to save them huh?

Without thinking, I flew headfirst into the flames, a few of them slightly burning my feathers as I zoomed in and out of the apartments trying to find Emiri.

The fire was spreading quickly, there wasn't much time left. The faintest muffled cries could be heard, along with screams of pain and repeated thuds.

I knew that voice. My pupils formed into slits when I heard her scream, and I tore through the rooms at an even faster pace.

It wasn't until I entered the last apartment when I saw Emiri on the floor with a big part of the ceiling crushing her left wing.

"Emiri!" I shouted, while running to her and lifting the ceiling parts with my feathers. "Keigo? No, get out of here," she muttered.

I didn't answer her and instead picked her up and flew her outside. "No! They're still in there!" She struggled and fought to get out of my grip but I was too focused on getting her to safety.

"LET GO, THEY'RE STILL IN THERE!" she yelled into my ear while trying to pry my hands off of her.

I sat her down forcefully in an ambulance and looked at her dead in the eyes, "No. Stay here."

"But-" she began, but I cut her off, "I said no." I had said that so sternly and with anger that I startled myself, but I didn't show it. She looked at me with wide, teary eyes, before I zoomed back into the apartment and came out with the two civilians.

I ran back over to the ambulance I had put her in and asked the paramedic what was wrong with her wing.

It was visibly bloody and cut. Seeing her blood made my own boil. Why was she getting hurt so much? Why her? She doesn't deserve this.

She had gone quiet, and she was visibly mad at me.

God I hate it when she's mad at me...

But I was also mad at her.

"What the hell were you thinking?" I almost shouted the question, but I managed to keep it a raised voice. She just looked up at me while the paramedics bandaged her wing.

"Diving head first into a fire like that? Not waiting for backup?" This time I was shouting.

I waited for her response, but she didn't answer. My eyebrows furrowed, "Answer me, dammit!" She flinched at my yell.

She thinks I'd hurt her...?

The paramedics finished wrapping her wing and she got up and tried to get up and walk away, but I grabbed her wrist before she could.

She flinched again and her eyes watered.

She really thinks I'd hurt her...?

She tore her hand away and ran into an alley as I trailed behind her. Faint meows could be heard from behind a dumpster and she crouched down to pick up everything she had left.

Without saying a word, I took her bags with my feathers and walked towards her cautiously, making sure not to scare her.

She was probably overwhelmed by everything that's been going on. First May's death, and now her apartment that she's lived in for years was burnt down by the same person who killed her.

"I'm sorry... for scaring you." She stared at me blankly before placing the cat carrier down and walking towards me.

I thought she was going to hit me, and I was ready for it, but instead she hugged me tightly and dug her face into my chest while sobbing quietly. I instinctively wrapped my arms around her and held her head.

My heart shattered just a bit more at the sight of her trembling body. I silently deployed feathers to pick up the cat carrier. I grabbed her tightly and made my way back to my apartment.

"I'm so sorry Angel..."

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A/N: Ahahaha, what the fuck. 2.48k reads. That's insane bruh, I'm halfway to 3k 😭 Thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoy this story so far! I do wanna make a little shameless self promo- I just released the first chapter of a new Aizawa X Reader story. :) I had originally planned on making it a Bakugou X Reader but... my mind does what it wants tbh so there's no stopping it. However if you wanna read something like that, I plan on making many more stories once I get good ideas! It'd mean the world to me if you checked it out! That's all, as always don't forget to vote. Much love!

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