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Izuku always stuck to the same morning routine.
Wake up, use the bathroom, get dressed, take meds, go to the common room.
It was always the same thing every morning. He makes sure to keep his meds securely kept in his bedside table, out of sight from anyone entering his room.
No one was supposed to see them. No one was supposed to know he took them. No one outside of his mother and Nezu.
If people in his class and Aizawa were to know then they would think that he’s weak, unfit for hero work. I mean, he’s expected to be the class’ Golden Boy, Sunshine kid of class 1-A. But those titles make him feel like a fraud. He’s not either of those.
He’s the kid who takes Fluoxetine. Medicine that treats his depression, improves his mood so he’s not a walking ball of sadness.
But it just so happens today that he’s going to be late to class all because he slept through his alarm.
So Izuku hurries. He grabs in uniform and slaps it on. He quickly swipes on deodorant and uses the bathroom. While he’s about to run out of his dorm room he realizes he’s forgetting one thing. One very important part of his morning routine. His medicine.
‘Fuck it…’ Izuku thinks has he opens the drawer to his bedside table grabbing his pills and stuffing them in his book bag. He will just have to take them during lunch break. Yeah lunch, he can last that long right?
So he sprints out of his room and runs to homeroom.
And if everyone looks at him like he’s just killed their cat when he slams the door open then oh well… can’t afford to be late.
It’s currently 8 o’clock in the morning and Izuku is doing fine. Maybe a little anxiety but that’s normal for him. He just has to last until 11:30 and then he can go to the bathroom and take his meds and then he’ll be fine for the rest of the day. Perfect!
By the time lunch rolls around he’s ready to double over. He tells his friends he just has to use the bathroom and he’ll be back. Shinsou narrows his eyes at Izuku before he leaves with the rest of the group. Odd but not really coming from Shinsou.
Izuku slowly walks to the bathroom, half of the day already catching up to him. When he’s in the bathroom he unzips his bag and takes out the bottle, unscrewing the cap and attempting to pour one out on his hand.
Key word: ATTEMPTING
Okay maybe Izuku accidentally poured the entire thing out onto his hand. An honest mistake. But then he starts laughing and the laughing turns into silent tears rolling off his face. Just when he thought his day couldn’t get anymore shitty, the bathroom door opens.
It’s not the ideal sight you’d see when you walk into a bathroom. A kid with a pile of pills in his hand while simultaneously laughing and crying.
Izuku turns his head from where he’s standing at the sink. All traces of laughter gone when he sees who it is.
Shinsou Hitoshi is standing in the doorway to the bathroom staring at Izuku with wide eyes. “Midoriya?”
“Oh- I- sorry do you need the sink? Hold on let me just-“ Izuku stars pouring his pills back into the yellow bottle. He’s panicking now because one of his classmates just saw him crying, with a handful of pills by the sink.
“Oh my god Shinsou I’m so sorry! I know what this looks like but I was just trying to take my meds and accidentally dumped them out onto my hand and“ Izuku’s voice breaks as he’s trying to explain himself to his classmate.
“Hey no, it’s okay” Shinsou tries to comfort him but it just makes Izuku cry more. Shinsou really doesn’t know what to do. He’s terrible at helping people in situations like these. So he does the next best thing.
Shinsou grabs Izuku and pulls him into his chest, tucking his head on his shoulder. Izuku stills for a moment before wrapping his arms around his purple haired best friend.
They stay like that for a moment, Shinsou shielding Izuku from the rest of the world offering silent support. No one speaks when they both squeeze each other tighter. It’s a tender moment between two best friends.
Of course it has to end. Izuku is the first to pull away. It’s silent for a moment more, kind of awkward.
“I’m sorry you had to walk in on me like that… I swear I wasn’t going to- you know” he looks down at the ground trying to explain himself once more.
“You don’t have to apologize, I was just kinda concerned” Shinsou quickly spoke out not really knowing what to say.
“Yeah, but Shinsou please don’t tell anyone you saw me with that medicine. I don’t want people knowing I have to take it” Izuku pleaded. He really didn’t want people knowing, Shinsou knows now and he really hopes it doesn’t change the way he looks at him.
“I wasn’t going to, it’s really not my business.” He went quiet for a minute looking like he was contemplating something. “I take stuff for my Insomnia, I don’t know what you’re taking but yeah.” shinsou looks at Izuku before looking down again.
Izuku’s eyes widened slightly at that. “Oh, I didn’t know” it was silent on both ends for a moment. “Mine are antidepressants, I forgot them this morning so I was gonna take them here”
“That explains why you were so off today” Shinsou scoffed “I’m gonna go back to lunch, you take those and then come back to us okay?” He stuck his hand out and ruffled Izuku’s pile of green curls before leaving.
As soon as he left Izuku look one pill and left the bathroom happy that he and Shinsou had another thing in common. Even if it wasn’t something like comic books but instead medicine. That was still okay.