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Izuku shifted slightly to his right trying to get himself in a position that didn’t make him feel like he was getting stabbed repeatedly in the back, so he could finally get some sleep.
He knew he had pushed himself too hard today. He knew it at the time he was fighting earlier too, but what else was he supposed to do? Some villain decided he was going to attack at an elementary school, and he wasn’t going to let any of those kids get hurt, even if it meant he knew he would be in pain later.
When laying on his back didn’t work he shifted onto his side, as he silently cursed All Might for messing his back up so much during that stupid test so many years ago. Up to that point he was used to the occasional pain in his hands and fingers from the many times he had broken them, but it wasn’t until that test that his back started hurting him. And after that, it just ended up getting worse and worse with each injury. The pain was pretty much always there, but most of the time it was manageable for him. But in moments like this, when he got a big flare-up, it was too much.
He moved his arm out trying to grab his phone off the nightstand and winced a bit at the pain that shot through his joints as he did. Once he got his phone he saw that it was somehow already four am. He was just happy that it was the weekend so he didn’t have to worry about having to work tomorrow.
He let out a small frustrated sigh, he knew there was no way he was going to be able to sleep like this. He might as well try to take some Tylenol or something to try to ease the pain, even though he knew it wouldn’t help, it never did. But it was at least worth a try.
He tried to pull himself into a sitting position so he could get up, but as he tried he felt pain shoot throughout his whole body. Fuck, that hurt. He gave up, gently laying back on the mattress. As much as he hated to do it he thought maybe he should wake up one of his partners and ask them to get it for him. He looked over to Shouto, who was to the right of him. He was cuddled up to Tenya’s side, so he was slightly out of reach, but he was close enough that Izuku wouldn’t have to move too much to reach him. Shouto already had a hard time sleeping, so he hated to wake him, but he knew there was no way he would be able to reach Tenya.
He let out a small whine as he reached over to Shouto, lightly shaking his shoulder, “Shou”, he called out softly, the only response he got was a groan, “Shouto, please wake up”, he said a little louder as he shook him again.
“Hmm”, Shouto hummed as he sat up to look at Izuku, “You okay Izu”, he asked as he tried to rub the sleep out of his eyes.
“Can you please get me some Tylenol or something.. I can hardly move”, he said softly.
“What’s hurting”, Shouto asked as he moved a little closer to him.
“Back mostly.. But honestly everything hurts”.
“Did something happen? Or is it just a flare-up”, Shouto asked.
“Flareup I think”, Izuku said as he tried to shift to a more comfortable position, but just ended up wincing in pain, “Think I just did a bit too much today”.
Shouto hummed again with a nod, “Okay, I will go get you the Tylenol ”, he said as he started to get up, but then turned back to face Izuku, “Do you want a heating pad”.
“Please”.
Shouto returned a few minutes later carrying two heating pads, a glass of water, and the meds. He handed Izuku the pills and the water as he plugged the heating pad into the outlet by the bed.
“Do you think you could sit up so I could put this under your back”, Shouto said as he looked at Izuku. Izuku nodded and managed to sit up a little bit as a whine escaped his mouth, “I’m sorry, I wish there was a way I could do it without you having to move”, He then went to grab the other heating pad, it was smaller than the one Izuku was now laying on, “Where else does it hurt”.
If Izuku were, to be honest, he would say that it hurts everywhere, but they only had so many heating pads.
“Mostly my knees, but my shoulders and arms hurt too”.
“Uhh okay”, Shouto said as he looked at the heating pad in his hand, “how about I put this one over your knees and I can use my quirk to help with the arm pain a bit”.
This wouldn’t be the first time Shouto used his quirk to help Izuku during a flareup, but it was late.. Or really early.. Shouto shouldn’t have to stay up to help him. But it does sound nice to have some heat on his arms to help the pain, plus it’s an excuse to cuddle his partner.
“Are you sure you don’t mind”, He asked as he looked over to Shouto.
“I don’t mind at all Izu”, He said as he pushed the blankets covering Izuku’s legs aside so he could place the heating pad on his knees, before covering them back and getting back into bed next to Izuku, “Is it your shoulders that are hurting”.
“Mostly”, Izuku answered as he started to try to turn to face Shouto.
“No, you stay there, I’ll come closer”, He said as he moved over to Izuku. Once he was sitting right next to where Izuku was laying he looked down at him with a smile before he leant down to lightly kiss Izuku before he moved back up and gently placed his left hand onto one of Izuku’s shoulders. After a few seconds, Izuku could feel the heat soothing his pain. He audibly sighed as he finally felt comfortable.
“What would I ever do without you Shou”, Izuku said softly with a small laugh as he basically melted into his pillow and closed his eyes. Maybe he would be able to get at least a few hours of sleep tonight.
Shouto awkwardly laughed a little, “I’m just glad to help. You and Tenya always help me so much I’m always happy when I can do the same for you two” he said before he paused, “now you relax and let yourself get some sleep”.
“Yeah,, I think I will be able to do that”, Izuku said as he finally let himself be taken by sleep.