Why did his day have to start like this? Todoroki knew he was sick from the start. His left side was boiling hot while frost slowly crept up his right side. He could feel an invisible hammer banging against his head. I can’t miss class, he thought to himself. Deciding a nice shower would help, Todoroki drug himself out of bed and grabbed training clothes. He slowly walked to the shower room and set his belongings outside of his shower.
Shouto undressed and stepped into the shower. He turned the water as hot as he could, letting the water run down his aching body. He then wet his hair, shaking it around with his hand. Pouring shampoo in his hair, he scrubbed it around. As Shoito rinsed his hair and started to wash himself, he got light-headed. Todoroki closed his eyes and took a deep breath before he continued. He didn’t get too far before his vision swam and he slid down to the floor. From there he slammed onto the ground, blacking out.
When he came too, his head was fuzzy. Todoroki slowly stood and turned the water off, leaning against the wall. He sluggishly dried off and dressed himself. Shouto made his way back to his room, picking up his phone. 6:32?! He panicked, throwing his phone in his pocket and his shoes on his feet. I’m going to be late! Todoroki quickly ran down to the kitchen where he saw Kirishima scooping eggs onto a plate.
“Hey Todoroki!” he greeted. “Where’ve you been? You almost missed breakfast.” Todoroki picked up an apple and suppressed a cough.
“My run was longer today,” he answered. Kirishima frowned.
“You feeling ok bro? Your face is a bit flushed.”
“I just went for a run,” Shouto repeated. “I might just still be a bit flushed.”
“Yeah, but,” Kirishima started. “You look different. You sure you’re ok?”
“Yes,” Todoroki said, leaving the kitchen to sit alone at the end of the table. His head was starting to spin again.
“Oi, Iceyhot!” Bakugo barked from further down the table. “Why’s your face so messed up?” Todoroki looked up, raising an eyebrow before taking a bite of his apple. “Hey!” He flinched, head throbbing. “Don’t you dare ignore me!” Bakugo started to march over before Iida declared that it was time to go and started to rush people out the door. Todoroki stood with a sigh, following his classmates out the door.
Todoroki’s head struggled to look up as Aizawa continued his lecture. He leaned against his hand and closed his eyes. He was half asleep when he felt something wet hit his hand. Thinking it was just a bit of snot he wiped it away with his hand. That’s when he heard someone gasp.
“Todoroki!” He looked up to see Midoriya looking at him with wide, worried eyes. Suddenly Aizawa was beside him, pressing a handful of tissues to his face.
“Come, Todoroki,” he ordered. Shouto looked at him through hazed eyes. Did his teacher ask him something? Aizawa could feel the temperature change on each side of Young Todoroki’s body. He pulled Todoroki up and led him towards the door. “Iida, you’re in charge.” When they reached the hall, Todorki fell into the wall. “Oh great,”Aizawa grumbled. “I’m not getting paid enough for this.” He crouched down in front of his student. When Shouto started to slide down to the floor, Aizawa caught him. He grew even more worried when he saw that Todoroki was now unconscious.
“Todoroki,” Aizawa called, gently hitting the kid to try and get a response. Using his capture weapon to hold some of the weight, Aizawa picked Shouto up and carried him to Recovery Girl’s office.
“What’s happened this time?” the lady scowlded.
“He’s greatly ill,” Aizawa answered, gently setting his student on one of the beds. “He also has a pretty bad bloody nose.” Aizawa noticed the amount of blood coating his hands, scarf, and shirt. The tissues he was using were as soaked as they could be. He threw them away and washed the blood from his hands.
“Oh!” Recovery Girl exclaimed, seeing all the blood. She quickly kissed Todoroki’s forehead and the bleeding ceased. “I can’t cure his sickness but I can stop the bleeding.” She grabbed a wet cloth and began to wipe the blood from the boy’s face. “You may change and go back to class.” Aizawa nodded, leaving. Recovery Girl tossed the now red colored rag into the sink and washed her hands.
The end of the day came and Aizawa made a reappearance. “How is he, he asked.
“He is awake now and his fever has decreased,” Recovery Girl answered.Aizawa looked at the bed to see Todoroki nibbling on crackers. He saw Aizawa and sat up.
“Mr. Aizawa,” he gruffed, voice hoarse. “I’m sorry about the chaos I have caused.”
“It’s alright,” Shota responded, “but if you are ever sick again you need to stay back at the dorm. Alright?” The sick boy looked away, ashamed.
From that day on Todoroki took care of himself. He let others know when he was feeling ill and kept himself from overworking his body.