(Manga Spoilers!)

After cleaning her up as best as he could and wrapping clean gauze on her wrists and ankles for her injuries. Y/n knowing she was safe let go of Izuku, finally putting her weight on her own feet, as he helped her stand up. She felt a little disoriented, but she pushed through it. Y/n let her arms become lose from Izuku's neck. Letting them glide down his torso, gripping the front of his hero suit.

Holding on for dear life with in her now clean hands, she whispered "Thank you..." she looked up to his emerald, green eyes. "You've saved my life, and I will forever be in your debt."

The feeling was overwhelming, she never thought freedom would be given to her as well. She felt like she could fly. She saw how Izuku's eyes glistened in the lighting.

Unable to form any words from the gratitude she gave him. He nodded at her and gave her a big smile. His freckles and big green eyes softening his hard features. Whatever she was feeling, he was feeling it as well. Being this close to her, magnified those emotions. He's never felt this before. It felt warm and it spread throughout his body.

He felt like he could do anything in that moment.

Aizawa grunted interrupting the young hero and young female. "We should get going Midoriya before I lose my patience with this menace."

Garaki was knocked out on the floor. Clearly Garaki must have done something to Aizawa to get on his nerves if he was now unconscious. A couple of minutes ago he was yelling in a muffle. Now he was fast asleep.

Izuku looked towards where the Nomu was and saw how his teacher also detained the creature in what seemed like homemade handcuffs. Aizawa improvised with materials from around the room since the regular handcuffs they got wouldn't fit the bird looking creature.

They weren't expecting to encounter a Nomu today. It was a good thing; it was just standing there obediently.

Izuku didn't realize how his sensei moved around the room getting everything ready for them to go while Izuku talked to Y/n in hopes of calming her down. Cleaning up the blood that still lingered on her skin as best as he could.

Izuku nervously looked up at his sensei. Forgetting he was there all along and probably saw the whole interaction between himself and Y/n. He could tell, with Aizawa narrowing his eyes at him – he was scrutinized the whole ordeal in his mind.

"Rig-ght sir!" Izuku saluted at him, becoming stiff as a board, and earning a small laugh from Y/n.

Izuku took a step back from her to give them some space, hiding his reddened face. Mumbling away from her and slowly taking steps back. Trying to alleviate his erratic heartbeat. He didn't realize he had been closer than he meant to.

Normally when saving civilians, they wouldn't get too close to him. Noticing how close they gravitated to each other he felt his face heat up again from embarrassment.

Y/n turned to Aizawa curiously, not seeing Izuku gradually turn like a tomato behind her. Her full attention was now on the black-haired male. She put her hand on the bed to keep herself upright as she tried to walk closer to him in shaky steps.

"Who are you?" she asked with curiosity, her head tilting at him like a puppy.

Aizawa saw a memory of younger Eri flash in his mind. Doing the exact same thing when she first talked to him. Y/n getting closer to him, made Aizawa feel nervous under her puzzling stare.

He hadn't thought how he was going to communicate with her, she had to trust him to be able to live with him, Hitoshi and Eri. With Eri it was different, she didn't know a lot about the world after she was rescued. Whatever was asked of the young girl she did.

With Y/n it would be different, she was already a young adult. He didn't expect her to trust him with everything that came out of his mouth so willingly.

She walked a little closer to him, intrigued by his dark attire. "You look really familiar?"

Where has she seen him before?

The raggedy black hair, the black outfit and his signature capturing... scarf... she looked at his neck and saw yellow goggles hanging loose. Then she gasped once the lightbulb turned on from her memory.

"Oh my god!" Her voice filled with childlike excitement.

She cupped her cheeks with elation, almost falling over from her carelessness. Izuku was quick on his feet and grabbed her from behind her shoulders before she could fall. Keeping her upright, she gave him a sheepish smile over her shoulder when she glanced in his direction.

He shook his head in disbelief from her little slip up and grinned back at her.

"Are you Eraserhead?!" She asked excitedly as she turned back to Aizawa.

Trying to get closer to him with stars in her eyes, Izuku had to reluctantly let her go as she pulled away from him.

Aizawa looked at her with wide eyes. "How do you know that?"

Eyes sparkling with excitement, she gushed out. "I saw you on TV once, when I was allowed out from here. You were so cool when you saved a bus full of children from a spiky haired villain."

She made hand motions around her head to emphasize the spikiness. Snapping her fingers trying to recall the villains name, that was on the tip of her tongue.

"You know the hedgehog looking one? Gosh I feel so stupid, I should know the name." She grunted annoyingly at herself. "Anyways, you're my favorite Pro-hero!"

She turned her attention back on Izuku who was smiling down at her. "Izuku, you know some really cool people!"

Izuku blushed at the use of his first name. "T-thanks, it pays to be a hero in training I guess." He scratched the back of his neck nervously.

"Hell, yeah it does! Future Mr. Pro-Hero Deku." She smiled sweetly up at him.

Izuku almost chocked on his own saliva. "You know my hero name?"

"Yeah, sorry... I remembered you from the sports festival from your first and last year. I had to ask the girls from around here if they knew who you were to make sure it was you. You're really popular with them, mister. Specially after your growth spurt." She winked and elbowed Izuku knowingly, earning an annoyed groan from him.

"You were able to see the sports festival?" Aizawa asked in interest. Wanting to know more of how her life has been in captivity.

She nodded happily at him. "Mhm. There's a girl here who is absolutely obsessed with Shouto, and I mean obsessed. She has a long wig, with his signature hair color and everything. She puts it on sometimes when she does her dance shows. She was able to bribe a patron who comes here a lot to see her, to get it for her..."

She shivered at the thought of the man, which Izuku and Aizawa noticed. They gave each other a worried glance.

Did she have patrons too? And if so, what would they make her do?

"...anyways he also gifted her the recorded DVDs from the sport festivals for your first and second year. I think it was the second year where they used your hero names? She has an old tv set she lets us use whenever we were allowed out from our rooms."

She turned to Izuku again, giving him the biggest smile, he's seen from her.

He felt his heart jump in his chest. Feeling her excitement and something else too. He wasn't sure if it came from him or her.

"I saw you there. Katsuki and Shouto too. Oh! And Hanta now that I remember who he is. I always felt a deep connection with my fellow Hispanic."

She closed her right fist, clenching it on top of her chest were her heart rested. Wiping animated tears from her eyes as she thought about Hanta who she considered a close friend already.

"When you met me, did you already know who I was?" Izuku asked her gently, not wanting to sound accusing.

Y/n shook her head sadly at him. "No, sorry. You did look familiar, because of your green hair. But I didn't know it was you-you who I saw from the sport festival when we met. I asked Yuki, that's the girls name, to show me her merch of Shouto, when I realized I've seen him somewhere else before too. She has posters of him and other stuff, she's been able to buy from one of the U.A. High stores around the city. She either went on the days she was allowed to go out, or that guy would buy them for her."

Y/n rambled on excitedly now that she was able to talk freely. It was the first time she could talk to other people like this that weren't her siblings.

"When I told her I met him in real life she almost fainted." She laughed softly at the memory. "She showed me the sports festival again and then I saw you and him there. Then after meeting Katsuki, I remembered him from the sports festival too, and then Hanta. Everything started to make sense after I pieced everything together. I knew we were in good hands when I learned who you all were."

"You had that much faith in us?" Aizawa asked the girl who kept smiling shyly at him.

She was still fangirling in her head. Her favorite pro-hero was standing right there! It more or less distracted her of the torture she experienced today.

"Yeahp!" She played with her fingers from her enthusiasm. "And you did not disappoint." She reassured the man.

Aizawa knew in that moment he wouldn't have a problem with convincing her. "We should get going. We need to get you checked and cleaned up. Can you walk?"

Y/n waved her hand dismissively at him.

When she tried to take a step towards the door however, her legs shook, and she felt a pained shock go up her foot and leg from each step. She tried to swallow her pained gasp down. Taking small wobbly steps forward, attempting to give the two men beside her a peace of mind.

Aches of aftershock went through her body as the adrenaline from everything started to dissipate.

Izuku rolled his eyes at her attempts and stepped up behind her. Easily picking her up, holding her from under the knees and snaking his arm around her shoulder.

"Alright... we get it you're tough. We still need to get you out of here quickly I'm worried about your wrists and ankles, and we can move faster like this." He smirked at the pouting girl who crossed her arms in retaliation.

"They don't hurt as bad anymore, the doct... I mean Garaki, healed me with him..." she motioned with her chin, towards the Nomu in front of them. "... before he cut me. By the time you came in, it was still newly healed."

Izuku clenched his jaw in fury, thinking about how long she'd been down here. "I still want to make sure."

Aizawa looked at the quiet Nomu.

With a DNA sample and a background check on the government's database, they could find out who this Nomu used to be. It pained him when he thought about Nomu's, since his best friend was turned into one after he died.

He would prefer to stay away from them if it were up to him, for his mental health. He didn't think he would encounter another one this earlier on either, especially with Y/n. He was glad this Nomu wasn't made for fighting. Who knows how long they'd stay down here trying to rescue her.

"Come on you two, we have no time to waste and stand here." Aizawa started to drag the unconscious short man on the ground behind him and pushed the bird creature in front of him to walk forward.

Y/n held onto Izuku's neck, interlocking her fingers behind him. She had a flash of worry, of him becoming upset at her for getting her blood all over his suit, but he didn't seem to mind. She buried her face into him and peeked at the bed over his shoulder. Closing her eyes and remembering every day she was tortured here, making her tremble in fear.

Izuku gripped her tighter into him, feeling the same emotion wash through him.

"You'll never come back here, angel." He whispered lowly, close to her ear.

She almost didn't hear him, for how soft it sounded. She smiled into his shoulder at the use of the nickname. Then gazed into his shinning emerald eyes. Up close she could see small flecks of red in them.

Were they, there before?

"Angel?" she questioned him using her telepathic quirk.

The connection instantly snapping into place in his mind. Izuku shuddered from feeling her emotions deepen in him too.

He inhaled sharply at hearing her voice in his mind again. It's been such a long time, he almost forgot how melodic it sounded, it felt like a gentle caress in his troubled mind.

He was captivated by her scarlet eyes as she finally let her quirk loose.

After such a long time of being restrained back, she welcomed the feeling of it. Y/n noticed how the flecks of red in his eyes burned brightly in return, almost trying to reach out to her.

Naturally tilting her chin up as he tilted his down. Her hand slithered away from his neck and went up to gently cup his face bringing him closer, their noses almost touching.

Y/n rubbed her thumb on his cheek in small circles, fascinated by his eyes reacting to her.

Izuku leaned into her touch and gently tugged at his bottom lip with his teeth as he stared into her red eyes. Nodding unashamed at her, he felt tranquil looking into her doughy eyes.

It felt natural to gravitate towards each other, both didn't seem to notice how close they were.

"Mhm, it's fits you. You saved a lot of people." He looked down at her hand for a moment. Debating whether he should say what he wanted to, next. Then looked back at her unwavering gaze. "Even me." She rolled her eyes at him. "I know, I know... it sounds cheesy, but it's true." He chuckled back at her.

"How?" she questioned him seriously, still using her quirk.

"When I met you, I was hurting. My friends tried, but nothing they told me was what I needed to hear... and then you appeared out of nowhere. Smiling and talking to me without a care in the world. Even though you were in so much more pain than I was."

His eyes softened at the thought of her being all alone. Remembering that day, glad destiny brought them together.

"It made me realize why I'm becoming a hero in the first place. I was doubting it because of... wanting to stay with my ex... But helping people like you, it gives me purpose. And it gives them hope. Knowing someone will come for them, giving them the strength to fight back. This has been my dream since I was a kid and people need saving. I want to become a beacon of hope for them. I never want anyone to suffer like you and other countless of people have. I want to be there for as much people as I can reach."

She laughed softly at his honesty.

"What?" He asked quizzically.

"You're an amazing person, Izuku Midoriya..." his cheeks tinted pink at the compliment. "I have no doubt you'll save many more people. You will become hope for everyone, just like you did for me. You have the heart of a true hero. And I meant what I said when I met you. Your dreams won't drive away the person who is meant for you. Never forget that, okay?"

She let go of his face and hugged him tighter into her.

Giving him and herself a much-needed breather.

Letting go, she returned to her original position. Spacing herself away from him after noticing how close they got. Looking down to hide her reddening face from him.

So close! she internally screamed.

When she did that, his mind short circuited when he also realized how close their faces had been.

Y/n looked over at Aizawa briefly to distract herself as they kept walking away from her torture room. They were now walking in the dark hallways, trying to get outside to their destination. The darkness from the hallways engulfing them as they trudged forward. The flickering lights up above only helped them in seeing so much.

Going from a bright lit room to this disoriented them a little as they continued onward.

"I have a question for you." She asked in his mind again.

She felt more comfortable speaking to him this way. He nodded at her, after he was able to compose himself. Letting her know she had his full attention as he kept walking behind his sensei.

"Last time we met. I didn't see those red spots in your green eyes before. Have they always been there? Maybe I failed to notice them..." she played with her fingers nervously.

His eyes widen slightly. Honestly, he hadn't noticed that himself either.

"Umm, really?" He sweat nervously under her scrutinizing gaze.

She squinted her eyes at him. "Are you hiding something from me?"

"What?! Me? Why would I do that? There's no reason to..."

"Izuku..." she stopped him mid rant, looking away from him. "Just so you know I hate liars."

He sighed and nodded, fully understanding her. "I have a theory, but I want to speak with Kacchan and Shouto first if that's okay with you."

He looked intently at her, waiting for her response. He wanted to tell her right away too, still he wanted to see if his companions had the same red flecks in their eyes as well. Now that he knew he had them in his. It would be hard to tell on Katsuki, though.

It made sense that it came from her quirk too, his whole life his eyes have only ever been green.

Was it another side effect from her telepathic quirk?

She turned her head into his warm chest and nodded to his original question. She was trying to get as much body heat as she could, Izuku was way warmer than she was. Her fingers felt numb, they stung more from the cold surrounding them. She didn't want to be a nuisance and voice her discomfort. They were already doing enough by rescuing her.

However, Izuku noticing the smallest of details, right away knew something was wrong with the way she trembled. Of course, she would be freezing, the medical gown she had on was so thin. He attempted to get her closer to him to no avail.

At that moment he wished he could emit fire like Shouto could, to keep her warm.

Y/n unvoluntary shivered in his arms again. Cursing her body for being so fragile.

"Can you stand for me really quick?"

She nodded up at him as he put her down.

Aizawa looked over his shoulder and smiled softly at the young hero's chivalry. Izuku quickly took off his top half of his hero suit and wrapped the jacket around the shivering girl. It was big on her, but that's exactly what he hoped for.

He made sure to zip up the jacket all the way up and pulled the hood up to cover her face too, to keep her warm. He was left in his black sleeveless shirt, not minding the chill. His arm muscles flexing naturally as he picked her back up again.

"It's going to be bloody from the inside..." She whispered into his mind.

He smiled down at her as she hid her face into his shoulder again. "I can always get another one done. Is this better?"

She nodded at smiled up at him. "Much. Thank you..."

Aizawa turned to the two young adults and motion for Izuku to get closer to him. Aizawa saw the red flecks in Izuku's eyes burning brightly. Something he hadn't noticed before and was about to question it when Izuku shook his head rapidly and motioned towards Y/n.

Aizawa saw how her normal e/c eyes turned into a bright scarlet that peeked out of the dark hood covering her. It was weird to see her like that, her eyes resembling his when he activated his own quirk.

After they're back in U.A. He would have to talk to her about her quirk. Maybe she could meet, Hizashi and Nemuri too. They've been eager to meet her.

Hopefully she won't mind he thought.

Looking back at Izuku's eyes he understood she's been talking to him this whole time through her telepathic quirk.