Healing touch
Summary♥︎You were supposed to be studying and enjoying the nice breeze. Too bad a certain someone ruined that for you.
Pairing♥︎UA Student! Touya Todoroki x UA Student, fem! Reader
Warning♥︎Not much to worry about it. Very, very light NSFW content.
Words♥︎3.7 words
A/N♥︎I'm excited for this one. It might be my favorite thing that I've written so far. Everyone in this AU is happy and doing okay! No sadness here, unless I feel like writing some angst. Anyway, I'd love to keep this AU going for a little bit and I do have some ideas, but if you have any ideas go ahead and lemme know! I'd love to hear them.
The curtains covering the window swayed as a light breeze blew into the room. Pink petals dancing in the air accompanied the wind and began to settle down inside when the breeze slowed down. Those petals were a telltale sign that spring was finally here, and winter was over. That thought brought a smile to your face as you scooped the petals into your hands.
The smile grew when you gave them a quick sniff. The smell was faint, but there. It was a sweet, delicate smell.
"Oh dear, it's still so cold." A frail old women shivered at her desk. "Can you close the window dear?"
You felt your cheeks heat up in slight embarrassment and dropped the petals on a table. "Right, sorry, Recovery Girl," you said sheepishly, "I forgot you're not very fond of the cold." You quickly closed and locked the window, but not before taking in one last feeling of the sweet breeze.
She waved it off and gave you sweet smile. "Don't worry about it, dear," she said whilst standing from her chair, "I'm just going to go grab my sweater really quick." She grabbed her cane, which was resting against her desk.
Recovery Girl murmured to herself as she walked towards the door. "I think I left it in the teacher's lounge." There was a hand on her chin while she thought.
The teacher's lounge was pretty far from the nurse's office, where you currently were. You knew Recovery Girl wasn't as weak as she seemed, but it would be better for her to stay in case of any emergencies. "Are you sure you don't want me to get it for you?" You offered.
She shook her head and was already halfway out the door. "I don't mind walking a little. Let's me stretch my legs a bit," she chuckled to herself, "take over for me while I'm gone." She then left and closed the door behind her.
You nodded and took a deep breath. Despite already having done it a handful of times, being left alone in her office still made you nervous. You were still learning, after all. Your knowledge on medicine didn't match hers by a longshot.
Another issue came when no one was around to ground you and stop you from overusing your quirk. It was similar to Recovery Girl's, except the drawback affected you and was way worse.
The healing part wasn't the issue, you could do that just fine. The issue came when whatever pain they were feeling would be immediately transferred to you. Their pain would fade as it would slowly be felt by you instead. Whenever someone would ask for a more simple explanation you'd bring up the time you had to heal Toga's, a little girl you babysat, papercut. When you did, you felt the stinging sensation on your own finger and she was perfectly fine.
You began to rub at your finger when you thought about it. In hindsight, you could've just let it be, Toga definitely didn't mind it too much. However, the drops of blood coming out were distracting her from homework you were helping her with. So, you quickly healed it and went back to tutoring her. She whined when you did.
A giggle escaped her lips at the memory. Hopefully she was doing alright at her new school. She always seemed so sad whenever you picked up on the days her parents couldn't. The frown would fade when she saw you though. You've tried asking, but she always brushed it off and talked about something else.
With time, it wasn't hard to figure out what was bothering her. Her teacher had talked to you multiple times in the past and told you to tell her parents about quirk counseling. You immediately snapped at her and dragged Toga out before the teacher could say more.
Fortunately, when you briefly mentioned it to Toga's parents, they wholeheartedly agreed with you and switched her school.
Speaking of school and studying, that's what you should be doing. Instead of quirk training, which is what your class was doing at the moment, you were sent to Recovery Girl to train with her. You used to be a part of quirk training until you accidently overworked yourself to the point of exhaustion and passed out.
It mostly involved reading medical textbooks she had on hand. Better to be prepared considering your quirk wasn't always safe to use.
Recovery Girl was most likely going to quiz you really quick when she came back. One thing you loved about studying with her is that whatever grade she gave you on those, it never affected your actual grade. You felt like you were improving and retaining the information that way. When you had asked why she always gave you an A for quirk training she said: "Quirk training is basically a free A for your classmates, I don't see why I shouldn't do the same for you."
You chuckled to yourself and sat down on your desk, which was next to the window, and pulled a book out of your bag. The book was fairly big and heavy, courtesy of Recovery Girl. It fell onto the desk with a light thud. You opened it to where you last left of and tried your hardest to retain the information. You wrote any questions and notes you had on a notebook next to you.
Focusing on the giant book in front of you grew harder as your thoughts drifted off to the breeze from earlier. Your leg began to bounce while you tried to bring your focus back to it. It was to no avail, all you could think about was the nice breeze from earlier.
You glanced back at the door and then at the clock above it. Recovery Girl had been gone for about two minutes now. The teacher's lounge was pretty far, which meant you could enjoy the breeze for a little longer. Five more minutes at most. You smiled, excited, and stood from your chair to quickly open the window.
The moment you did, the familiar sweet-smelling breeze came and caused a couple of papers to go flying. You looked back after hearing them being blown around and quickly went to pick them up. "Whoops," you mumbled.
"Hopefully now I can focus." You placed the papers in a drawer and sat back down on your desk.
You had barely read two lines when the door slammed open, and someone yelled your name.
You jumped in your seat with a yelp because of the sound and turned to whoever called your name. Before you could think of scolding whoever it was, you recognized Tenko and Shuichi with a familiar white-haired menace's arms around their shoulders. They were all still wearing their gym uniforms.
Immediately, you were on your feet and directed them to the vacant bed. When you got a better look at him you flinched. There were various burns covering his arms, along with one on his cheek. "What happened to Touya?" You asked, your voice barely above a whisper.
Tenko, who was in the same class as him, began to explain that they, the big three (Keigo, Touya, and Tenko), were invited to a first year class to show off their quirks and help them train. Unfortunately, Touya thought it would be a good time to show off and pushed himself too far. Apparently, some new teacher stopped him before he could. Tenko explained her quirk was some sort of mist that knocked him out.
On his way here he had run into Shuichi who offered to help carry Touya.
You nodded and unzipped his jacket to remove it to get a better look at the burns on Touya's arms. Good thing he had an undershirt on. As you examined the burns, you felt the strong urge to give him a bruise that would match the burn on his cheek. Ultimately, you decided against it. There was no point if you were gonna end up feeling your own wrath when you healed him.
"Alright, Tenko-" his eyes were on you when you called his name with that authoritative tone- "grab that basin and fill it with cold water." You pointed towards a plastic basin sitting on the ground near the bed.
He nodded and left, most likely to the cafeteria.
"Shuichi-" he turned away from Touya to look at you- "I'm gonna need you to try your best to hold him down." He rose a brow, questioning your order.
You explained, "if he wakes up, he's gonna try to stop me from healing him. I need you to make sure he doesn't stop me." It had happened multiple times before when you healed him when he was unconscious. He always grabbed your hands to stop you.
Shuichi nodded and held down the parts of his arms free of burns. You took in a deep breath, preparing for the worst. You rested your hands on his arms and activated your quirk. The second you did, the pain began prickling on your skin. It grew to the point where sweat accumulated on your forehead and you teared up.
"Touya, you idiot," you hissed through your gritted teeth.
It felt awful, you had no idea how Touya manages to do this without flinching. Your skin felt like it was being torn apart all at once. That horrible sensation continued to worsen as his burns slowly healed themselves. From the corner of your eye, you could see Shuichi was considering letting him go to stop you.
"Not yet," you snapped, forcing him to freeze, "wait until his burns are first-degree."
A pained moan managed to sneak past your lips causing Touya to stir and open his eyes. "Wha...?" He asked groggily. It took him a second to realize where he was and what was going on. It didn't take long for him to remember what happened and to realize what you were doing when his eyes were on you.
Touya frowned and tried to sit up, growling in frustration at the feeling of something holding him down. He glared at Shuichi when he noticed it was him. "Let go, lizard." He commanded.
Shuichi ignored him when you said no and because he was called lizard.
Touya directed his glare to you instead. "Y/N, stop it." He squirmed in Shuichi's grip to get out or at least removed your own hands.
When you opened your mouth to respond, a pained groan came out first. "Gimmie a second, you moron," you said, your eyes were clenched shut and your sentences clipped.
Even with eyes closed, you could feel the rage radiating off of him. You didn't let that stop you. He could be angry all he wants when you were done, but you had a job to do right now. You opened your eyes, it took some effort to do so, and finally let go when he had first-degree burns rather than third.
Shuichi let Touya and was by your side in seconds. You would've collapsed without him holding you up. He sat you down on a stool near the bed. You rested your elbows on the Recovery Girl's desk, which was next to the bed, and sighed in relief as the pain faded away.
Touya was sitting up when Shuichi let go, flinching because of the burns, and grabbed your shoulders. "What did I tell you about using your quirk on me?" He demanded, shaking your shoulders.
You glared back at him and slapped his hands away. "I wouldn't have to if you'd just take care of yourself," you retaliated.
Tenko finally returned with the basin, cutting off Touya's response. The basin itself was covered in small icicles on the outside, causing you to raise a brow. After considering the situation at hand, you decided to ask at a later time and prepare to treat his burns.
"Besides, you can't tell me what to do." You stuck your tongue at him while grabbing a some clean rags from the medicine closet. You dipped one of them into the water and sighed at the pleasant feeling of the cold water on your hands.
Another breeze came in as you wrung out the excess water back into the basin. The feeling of the cooling breeze on your skin, paired with the ice-cold water, was heavenly after the pain your experienced. It was a good thing you opened the window again.
You went to place the cool rag on his skin and held in a laugh when he flinched. You went to grab another and handed one to Tenko and Shuichi each. "Dip this in the water and press it to his skin," you instructed.
They both grimaced, but didn't protest at the sight of your exhausted eyes. Meanwhile, Touya was protesting for all three of them combined.
"I don't want that lizard and crusty touching me!" He exclaimed with disgust.
"Should've thought of that when you pushed yourself past your limits! Now stop whining!" You snapped.
Tenko rolled his eyes, "yeah, because me and Shuichi are so excited to touch your gross body." His tone was laced with sarcasm.
Touya scoffed, "look in the mirror," he responded.
"Great comeback."
"Better than those lips of yours."
"What are you looking at my lips for, huh? Don't you have a girlfriend?" Tenko nodded his head towards you.
You held in a sigh that threatened to escape after hearing their banter. From an outsider's perspective it almost seemed like the two genuinely disliked each other. You thought the same at first, but you knew better now. It wasn't until you made a comment to Touya about it that he told you it was all in good fun.
He walking home from school with you by his side when you had complained to him about Tenko.
You had finished watching them playfully, you didn't know it was playful at the time, berate each other before finally saying goodbye. The moment Tenko was out of earshot, you huffed.
"I don't understand why you two hang out together." You shook your head with a frown. "All you do is make fun of each other." You grabbed Touya's hand when he held it out to you.
Touya rose a brow at you, "what do you mean? It's not like we're being serious." He shrugged it off until he saw your expression. You were shocked with a nervous sweat on your forehead.
Touya held in a laugh. "Did you think we were being serious?" He asked in between concealed laughs.
You turned away from him and scoffed. "Of course not! That would be stupid," you said hastily.
The laugh Touya had attempted to hold back came out full force. He began laughing so hard he had to clutch his stomach. You began to smack his shoulder after letting go of his hand and yelled at him to stop laughing at you.
When he finally stopped, he wiped a tear in his eye and snorted at the glare you were giving him. It made you look like a petulant child. He wrapped his arms around you and pulled you into his chest. "You can be so cute sometimes, doll." He pressed a kiss to your head.
You gave his back a harsh punch after wrapping your own arms around him. You let out a satisfied noise when he yelped. "I think you mean all the time."
"Of course, my mistake."
Your cheeks heated up when you thought of the memory. It was a little embarrassing to realize that after two weeks of watching them interact you hadn't picked up on that. You shook it away from your head and went back to the matter at hand. You were currently shuffling through the medicine cabinet, looking for something in particular.
You beamed when you found and pulled a small jar of petroleum jelly. "Alright, children, that's enough." You cut off their little spat. You closed the doors of the cabinet and reached into a drawer right under the cabinet doors. You pulled out a new package of sterile bandages.
You walked back over to his bedside, but before you reach it you stepped in a small puddle. You looked down to see the ice surrounding the basin melting away. It reminded you of the burning question you had earlier. "Tenko, I almost forgot to ask-" you bent down to clean to puddle with unused rags- "where'd you get the ice from?" You asked, pointing to the basin.
"Oh," he turned from Touya and dropped the rag on his arm, "that was Todoroki Fuyumi. She saw me in a hurry with it and asked what happened. I told her it was for this idiot-"
"Hey!"
"-and she used her quirk to freeze the outside to keep it cold," he finished explaining after shoving a rag in Touya's mouth.
You growled and glared at Touya, he spat the rag out and averted his eyes from you. You tossed the petroleum jelly at his head. You grew satisfied when he shrieked in pain. "You idiot! I can't believe you let your little sister worry about you like that!" You exclaimed in anger, ready to toss the bandages too. Even if they wouldn't hurt.
Touya wasn't the least bit fazed by your statement and glared back. "Watch where throwing stuff! That hurt!" He yelled.
"Maybe this'll hurt less!" You tossed the bandages and grumbled when he dodged them. He laughed at you when he did.
That laughter began to fade when he saw you stalking to him with a glare that rivaled his father's. It left completely when you pinched the healthy skin of his cheek harder than his mother ever did. You continued scolding him, paying no mind to Tenko and Shuichi's fearful expressions. Their eyes met and one glanced at the door while the other nodded. Both quickly and quietly went out the door.
After escaping unscathed, they both sighed. "Man, Y/N sure is scary when she wants to be," commented Shuichi after making sure the door closed behind them. Last thing he wanted was for you to hear that and get mad at him.
Tenko shuddered after remembering all the times you had scolded the two of them for going too rough on each other after sparring. "You have no idea." He walked away, determined to get as far away as possible. Shuichi followed close behind.
Meanwhile, back inside the office, you were still scolding him and pinching his cheek. Touya seemed to finally become fed up when you grabbed your hand and pulled it away. "Alright, alright. I get it." He averted his gaze away from you.
When you heard the defeated tone in his voice, you felt a pang in your heart. You knew you probably went a bit too far and felt guilt grip claw its way into your gut. He was probably berating himself in his head already and you probably made it worse. You grimaced and slowly brought your hands to rest on his cheeks, careful of the burn, and forced him to look at you.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have scolded you like that," you said, "I just made you feel worse." You couldn't hide the guilt on your face and began to avert your gaze after dropping his face.
Touya rolled his eyes and grabbed your wrists, making you look at him. "It's fine, you were right." He pressed a kiss to your palm, "besides I like it when you scold me. It's kinda hot." He hid his growing smirk behind the palm of your hand, which was still pressed against his lips.
You could feel your cheeks heat up, and you glared down at him. "Touya..." You grumbled, fighting against the grip he had on your wrists.
"Hmmm?" He had the nerve to act coy.
"Don't act coy, you pervert! Let go!"
When he finally freed your wrists, you flicked his forehead when he did, you began to smear the petroleum jelly on his arms and his cheek. After rubbing the jelly on, you wrapped bandages over it and secured them. For his cheeks you were forced to use a regular bandage. The process was a little tedious, but you did it with the upmost care like always.
After checking with him to make sure the bandages weren't too tight, you pressed a kiss to his arms and cheek. "Just a little something to help heal you faster," you said with a wink, "I'm sure you feel much better now." You idly caressed his bandaged arms.
You stopped and turned away to put away the remaining jelly and toss out the excess bandages. Touya grabbed your arm and stopped you from walking too far. There was a sheepish look on his face, which you rose a brow at. He grabbed you by the back of your neck and forced you down to his level, you tried to ignore the growing heat on your cheeks.
"I think you missed a spot, doll."
You looked down at his lips and pressed a quick kiss there. He smiled and shook his head. "Thank you, sweetheart. But I didn't mean there." The corner of his mouth twitched when he said that.
You rose and pulled away. "What do you mean? Where?" You asked, looking over his body quickly. You didn't see any burns, other than the ones you covered.
You didn't realize the mistake you made until you saw a smirk come to his face. Before you could force him to stop he began to lift his shirt to reveal his toned chest. You shrieked and grabbed his arms to force him to pull his shirt down.
"Touya, quit it!"
"I'm being serious, come on~."
"NO!"
While the both your fought against each other's grip, you hadn't noticed the doorknob of the office turning. It was when the door opened with a squeak that the two of you froze and turned to the door. On the other side of the door was Recovery Girl, Fuyumi, and Keigo.
Recovery Girl and Fuyumi stared in shock, while Keigo had to hold in a laugh. "My, oh my, spring really is in the air, huh?" He teased with a raised brow, "why don't we leave these lovebirds alone for a bit, huh?" He grabbed them both by the shoulder to lead them out.
"Wait, it's not what it looks like!"
"Quit smirking, birdbrain!"
