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The first time it happened was a monday, which was fitting
Mondays are arguably the worst day of the week so it only seemed right that everything went spiraling today
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Shouto woke up at approximately 4am, a few hours earlier than normal with a splitting headache
nothing too weird as he tended to get headaches quite often, however something about this one just felt….odd
He struggled to stand up, but stood nonetheless albeit on comically shaking legs
He steadied himself and decided to ultimately ignore his current dilemma and go about his morning routine
That was the first of many mistakes made on this precarious day.
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He looked horrendous to say the least. He just couldn't find it in himself to really care
Even with the extra hours he gained from waking up early, he made his way down to the common room at the last possible second, not only because he didn't want to see or be seen by people, but because he was just that slow.
His hair, normally a pristine sight to see split perfectly down the middle was a jumbled mess, mixing at his roots giving the appearance that it was a pink and somehow not only sticking up at the most angles but also matted to his forehead as he sweated profusely.
His clothes were disheveled beyond repair but again, he just didn't care
He couldn't. Not when his head felt as if it would literally implode
He had some pain killers in his room and took some praying he could go about his day and not kill someone
Specifically Bakugou, but he’ll deal with that later
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“Todoroki ~kun, ‘mornin!!”
“ Yeah mornin dude!!”
As he came out of the elevator his friends greeted him and it was at this moment he regretted ever getting up in the first place. It's a common room and it's the time when everyones down getting breakfast and getting ready to go to school so logically he knew the class would be here but he still can't stifle the pained and heavily annoyed groan that slips his mouth
“Woah dude you look like you got hit by a bus, what the he-” Mina gasps and slaps Kaminari behind the head before he can finish his statement
“Don't listen to him todoroki~kun,” she was glaring daggers into Kaminaris soul and he looked pretty defeated so she took that as a win when Iida spoke up
“Although that was… blunt to say the least, Kaminari has a point, you look very unwell and as class rep I advise you to go back to your room and rest!!”
He says that a little too energetic for shoutos liking as his hands chop through the air vigorously. And although he said he somewhat agreed with Kaminari, at least he didn't outright say he basically looked like the undead so that was nice.
“M’fine”
At this point shouto took his spot on the couch resting his eyes, mentally preparing himself for the day to come
“You don't look fine dude, like really you look like absolute shi- OW!”
“Haha sorry again he's just concerned”
“Really guys i'm fine I just didn't get a good night's sleep, i’ll rest after school and ill be fine, not that’m not already fine, cause I am.”
He was slurring his words and became unnaturally defensive as his sentence went on. He wasn't sure who he was trying to convince, his class or himself because either way he failed, but thankfully they sensed he wanted to be left alone and did just that
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The day went by and nothing particularly eventful happened. He had a math test he's almost 100% sure he failed but other then that it was just a normal day
When they arrived back to the dorms he looked twice as bad as this morning as if that was possible. He stuck to his word and immediately went to his room the rest as everyone else stayed downstairs still chatting away
When he reached his room he immediately collapsed onto his futon, haphazardly throwing his school bag across the room. As soon as he was on the futon he was out like a light.
He had a dreamless sleep
It was only an hour and a half before he woke up thinking he was dying.
White hot pain in his head was all he could feel or focus on. It was almost completely dark but he couldn't open his eyes as the light only made it that much worse.
He thought about calling for help but the mere thought of having to move made him want to vomit
He felt his phone in his pocket and took it out. The second mistake of the day.
He turned it on, brightness on full blast momentarily blinding him and caused a whimper of pain to escape his lips.
He went to his contact list which wasn't really filled with anyone except his class, sister and father so it wasn't too hard to find a classmate to call. Unfortunately the first name was bakugou and if shouto was honest, he didn't really want Bakugou to come to his rescue for pride's sake and he knew Bakugou wasn't the most quiet of his classmates.
He knew this, he really did, but he also knew Bakugou was the closest to his room, and closest contact in his fingers reach and Shouto did not think he could hold out another minute in this state so he called.
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Bakugou was in his room with Krishima, Kaminari, Mina and Sero having a so called “study session” but in reality were all on their phones and chatting away while bakugou actually did something productive with his time
That's when he got a call. He's not the most popular, that isn't to say he's unpopular but aside from his parents, the only other people who would actively call him are sitting in the room with him
skeptively , he took at is phone and looked at the caller ID
*ICY HOT BASTARD*
His friends could see the obvious confusion written all over his face
“Whos that Bakubro”
Kirishima leans over Bakugou's shoulder not bothering to hide his surprised face
“Whys todoroki calling you”
“How the fuck should i know shitty hair?!”
“You should answer!” pipes in Mina
“He didn't looks too good this morning”
“Yeah yeah” bakugou grumbles but ultimately answers the phone with an unsurprising,
“The fuck you want Half’n half”
The other line was almost completely silent but there were muffled noises on the other line that made Bakugou's stomach drop
He holds the phone down to his chest yelling at everyone to shut the hell up
“What's happenin’ bro”
“...”
Well that's a first
Bakugou completely ignored his friends concentrating on listening to the phone
Was Todoroki… Crying?
“Oi! Let's go to Todoroki’s room real quick”
“Ughhh why ussss. He called you bro and i'm comfy”
“Yeah he just Fuckin called me in the middle of a mid life crisis or some shit and i aint dealing with this bull by myself so you extras are comin with me”
Bakugou stands up and motions for everyone else to follow. Over the year Bakugou has mellowed out quite a bit and although he is aggressive, he started to realize he was never going to be a hero with his attitude.
“A mid life crisis?? What did he say” sero asks as he also starts to get up followed by the rest of the squad
“Bastard didn't say anything, just fuckin cried so hurry you asses up”
Although he would never admit it Bakugou was pretty scared. He rushed everyone out at a reasonable pace to Todoroki's room. Everyone else on the other had openly shown their concern as they made their way down their halls.
At last they made it
“Oi bastard open up” Bakugou knocked, or more like punched the door a few times and after a few seconds of silence he's at it again
“Open the fuckin’ door halfie!!”
Kirishima steps forward gently shoving Bakugou aside and civilly knocked on the door
“Hey todoroki!! You in there bro?”
There was still no reply but there were small thuds coming from the inside of his room and muffled noises could be heard like on the phone.
“Todoroki!! Open the God Damned door right now before i blow it off its hinges!!”
He was screaming pretty loud at this point and Iida came out of his door, with the mission to scold them for the ruckus but reconsidered as he looked at his classmates faces
“ Is everything alright?”
“What does it fuckin look like?! You're supposed to be smart!”
“Dude maybe the doors unlocked just go in!”
Everyones in a frenzy, shouting at each other when Iida speaks up
“Will someone tell me what in god's name is going on??”
Everyone's shouting comes to an abrupt halt, looking to Iida
“He just called me and didnt say shit and now he's not answering his door”
“We hear some noises though so maybe he didn't mean to call and is just embarrassed or something?”
“Well, better safe than sorry. I'll get Aizawa sensei, stay here”
Iida walks off with absolutely no sense of urgency and that really pisses Bakugou right the hell off
“Screw that i'm going in”
“Wait Bakugou we should wait for sensei”
Lucky for Bakugou the room was in fact unlocked. That would've been embarrassing
When they opened the door it was pitch black, save for the stream of light the hallways let in.
All the dorms have the same format so when Bakugou steps in first he knows exactly where to find the light switch and slams it on
With the lights on they could see todoroki in all his glory
He's on top of his futon violently convulsing and choking on his own spit, all his limbs writhing as he struggles to breath.
“Holy shit”
All of them rush towards todoroki kneeling beside him unsure of what to do to help his classmate, the closer they get the worse he looks. He's sweating buckets and emanating small patches of frost over his right side and the right side of the floor. His eyes are half lidded and rolled into the back of his head, tear tracks easily visible on his deathly pale skin.
“Waht the fuck do we do!?!?”
“Call Iida and tell him to hurry his candy ass up!”
Mina takes her phone out and steps outside, she calls Iida and immediately starts bawling while trying to explain what's happening. Bakugou doubts he understood Mina at all but did think Iida got that it was something serious as she hung up and said he's on his way with Aizawa
As he thrashes, Todoroki’s head repeatedly slams against his flooring mats and bites his bottom lip hard enough for it to draw blood
“Hitting his head like that cant be good”
“Grab a pillow or something and put it under his head!”
Sero rushes to slide a pillow under his head with shaking hands and does the same to his right elbow as that arm looks to be at an unnatural angle.
They can hear iida and Aizawa running down the hall and cant help the relieved sigh when Aizawa steps into view
Aizawa takes one look mutters a curse under his breathe and runs over to kneel with the others
Iida on the other hand just stands there seemingly frozen
“How long has this been happening?!” he asks urgently
“I d-don't know, we just got here a few minutes ago”
“Start timing now, and call an ambulance!”
They comply, Bakugou starts a timer on his phone while Mina steps out once again to call the ambulance
Aizawa immediately undoes todoroki’s tie and unbuttoned the first few buttons on his shirt
“Whats wrong with him” Mina is basically screaming but no one really pays mind to that more interested in the question, they all look to Aizawa trying to gauge his reaction
“He's having a seizure”
“Why?? Is he going to be okay??”
Instead of answering the question he starts questioning Mina
“How's that ambulance coming??”
“They said there was a big accident and the closest ambulance is about 15 miinutes out”
“Should we get recovery girl??”
“There's really not much to do but wait…did he hurt his right arm?”
“We saw he was banging his head and right arm the most so we put the pillows underneath them”
“Good job for doing that”
It was another minute and a half before he started to settle down and god he looks like shit
As his jerking slows to an almost stop, Aizawa stops the timer reading a 3:47 which should be a relief but they have no clue how long this was happening before anyone found him.(a seizure over 5 minutes is a tonic clonic seizure and needs medical attention asap)
When he completely stops Aizawa flips and holds him on his side so he can 1, breathe better and 2, so he doesn't continue to choke on his spit bile and now blood.He completely tore through his bottom lip and a gaping hole is left in presence of the teeth
After a few more seconds he starts gradually gain back his consciousness
At first after some sniffling and pitiful whimpers, full on sobs start to wrack through his body. Tears and snot now added to the list of things pooling onto the flooring
“Give him some space”
Everyone who was still kneeled right next to him started to back up, not by much but enough. Aizawa stays by his side still holding him with one hand and now raking the other hand through his hair as a calming gesture.
Iida is in the hall with Mina calming her down when someone can be heard walking up the steps
“Make sure they don't come near here!” Aizawa whisper yells this to no one in particular but sero and Kaminari head to the student coming up the steps to try and convince them to go away while Iida and Mina make their way back inside the room slightly closing the doors so they couldn't see inside from where they were
“Hey uh midoriya what’re you doin up here?”