Cold sweats and sick nauseating feelings in his intestines. It was the first thing Toshinori was aware of when he was waking up. Despite how painfully bright the light felt, he urged himself to slightly open his shallow eyes. What was a blurry world at first started to clear up. He took a glance look at the room.

A hospital...no. This is the UA's Nurse Office.

He recognized how decent the bed he was laying on was (not to mention that he barely even fits on it by seeing his bare feet uncovered by the sheets and just laying on the rails), and how there was the same one next to him that had the same features, how the sun was shining from a huge window on his left side.

But how did I get here? I'm suppose to be at a field trip with the 1-A students. As soon as he said this, memories started to settle in.

"As for you," Aizawa turned to him while they were at the entrance of a cave, "you stay behind me. I don't want you causing anymore foolish actions that'll end up killing you."

Oh that's right,

he thought, we were entering a cave in the middle of woods to help the students improve their perceptions. However, after that, I can't seem to remember anything else.

As he glanced at the right side again, with his consciousness now fully strengthened, he noticed a boy with green scruffy hair lying to his sides on the other bed with eyes closed shut. He grew alerted by this and nearly sat up from his bed, despite his body still feeling off. Did he get hurt while he was out?
"Young Midoriya!" His voice came out in a slightly raspy sound.

Almost immediately, his eyes twitched few times before slightly opening and drowsily looked at Toshi. It was then that his eyes flew wide open.
"All Might?"
"My boy," he frowned in worry, "are you o-?"
"All Might!"

Without even having a chance to react, the student leapt out of the bed, revealing to be wearing his school uniform, and embraced the scrawny man, which lead him to spurt out a bit of blood out in surprise. He was immediately bawling out tears (being a crybaby as always).
"All Might I was so worried! Recovery Girl said that there was a chance you would wake up soon but I still wasn't too certain so I decided to stay here and it got late and Recovery Girl told me to leave but I couldn't leave you here in that state and so I thought I can just wait till it gets late and yet I didn't realize I fell asleep but then I heard your voice and I wasn't sure if I was just overthinking-!"
"Hey, easy easy kid!" He pulled him away a bit while still having hard time processing why he was acting like this.
"Sheesh," he sighed, "you really still don't know how to handle your babbling, can you?"

"oh," he let go blushing in embarassment, "I-I'm sorry. Its just...well. When I saw you knock out like that..."
He wasn't able to finish his sentence as he wiped his tears and lowered his head to the ground.
He was atleast relieved to see his boy didn't have any signs of any injuries, yet it makes him more confused than ever why he was here.
He said something about waiting for me to wake up?
"Well I had hopes that you would wake up," He got startled from being completely unaware that Recovery Girl was in the room as well, getting up from her office chair and showing a bit of a relieved smile.
"How are you feeling?"
"Queasy I guess," he made a slight shrug, "maybe even a little light headed? But it doesn't feel like its anything threatening.

"That you're correct about," Recovery Girl said, "yet I still can't seem to diagnose your symptoms. When they brought your unconscious body here, you showed symptoms of a fever. Yet, your body temperature doesn't seem to be high enough to be considered a cold. So your gonna have to meet me here every week to make sure everything is alright."
Toshinori slightly nodded, but still had a confused look on his face. The elderly nurse noticed this and tilted her head a bit as a way on asking him what was wrong.
"What happened?"
"You don't remember?" She and Midoriya looked at him in a bit of surprise, "That's unusual. What was the last thing you remember?"
"Eraserhead and I were going to follow the kids inside a cave to work on their perception skill. The last I recall, he was telling me to stay behind him and not to do things that seems...'foolish' to him. Do you know what happened after that, Recovery Girl?

She frowned,
"I have heard short stories on the cave incident, but I think Midoriya would be better at explaining it. That is," she glance at him, "if he feels comfortable with it."
Toshinori turned to see Midoriya looking down on the floor again, having an unsettling expression. He could not imagine what exactly he witnessed.
"Midoriya," he put his hand on the kid's shoulder, causing him to look up at his mentor, "if you really feel uncomfortable, you don't need to talk about it."
"No," he almost immediately said this, "I think it's better you should know about it."
"Are you sure, my boy?"

He paused for few seconds and took a deep breath.
"We were doing great with our training. As you were sticking behind Mr. Aizawa, you seemed very pleased with how we were doing. Aizawa kept on lecturing us and for several minutes after we entered the cave, everything seemed calm and normal. But all of a sudden, I heard you shouting at Mr. Aizawa and right before we turned around, you pushed him away. A split second later, a female looking figure fell on you and she looked to have been...kissing you."
"The figure did what?!" He blushed in surprise, finding that part of the story completely unexpected.
"I-I I don't know what it was," Midoriya blushed uncomfortably, "Her face was just completely pressed unto yours almost completely and..."
He bit his lips not certain how to explain it any further.

"T-to make it short, you're body was violently squirming, trying to get her off of you. You even attempted at activating One For All. And as soon as our mind processed the situation, your...you just stopped moving."
Tears welled up in eyes.
"I...we all didn't act fast. We tried to get her but she fled off quickly. I-I wasn't even sure if you were..."
He wasn't able to finish once again and continued sobbing.
The scrawny teacher made a huge frown, able to feel the fear and worry of what his poor successor must have been through. He knew he would have reacted the same way.
"Oh kiddo..." he sighed. He then placed his other hand on the kid's hair and stroked it.
"I'm so sorry I worried you," he wiped the tears from his eyes and tried to atleast make a soft smile for him, "But it's alright. I'm alive. And I'm not going anywhere anytime soon."

The student gaze at him for a moment before wiping his own tears and giving a determined head dip of approval.
"Oh and All Might?"
"Yes, Recovery Girl?" He turned to face her again.
"Mr. Aizawa wanted me to tell you that as soon as you wake up, he wants have a word with you about your actions in the cave."

He sighed,
"I thought so."
Good. Another scolding from my protective co-worker.
As much as he understands and feels flattered for him to worry about his safety, despite their different perspective on teaching, there are moments where it can get a little irritating. But it could just be part of his reckless behavior talking.
"I'll let him know that you just woke up. And as for you," she turned to Midoriya, "You better get back to your dorm and get ready for class tomorrow. It will also be nice to let your classmates know on All Might's health update."
"I will," he let go of him, "thank you so much."

"Thanks for checking up on me," Toshinori said this he started getting ready to leave, "I appreciate your loyalties as always."
"Ofcourse," the kid turned and let out a friendly smile, "that's what friends do, right?"
Toshinori was taken back and blushed again in surprise. It took a moment for the student to noticed and blushed back in embarrassment.
"I-I'm sorry. Too much?"
But the older man just made a short chuckle despite still feeling surprised,
"Just don't think about it too much. Remember-"
"I know I know."

Still blushing, he picked up his stuff.
"Anywho, thanks for letting me stay, Recovery Girl."
"Just please don't think this is some sort of hotel next time."
"I'll try," he promised and wave, "I'll see you both tomorrow."
The UA staffs said they're goodbye to the student as he left the room.

As soon as they made sure he was completely gone, the nurse turned back to Toshinori.
"There's one last thing I should let you know about. The police has already secured the cave and are currently investigating. They found no trace of the suspect, and so it's expected that she can be somewhere in the woods. If she really did do something that might threaten your life, we might have to act fast. Once the pro heroes capture her, she should have all the information on the incident. As for now, I'll let the UA staff know and keep a watchful eye on you in case any dangerous symptoms.

"No other students, even Midoriya, should know about it."
"I appreciate the offer," he said, "but I thinks it's better Young Midoriya knows about about it. He's my-"
"I know he's your successor," she grew serious, "but you have to understand that although we must remain cautious, it is not certain whether or not there's any effect in your body. You'll tell him if we diagnose something going on with you. But for now, he should only continue focusing on improving his quirk. Do you understand that, Mr. Yagi?"
Well, when she calls him by his last name, she's obviously serious about this. So there's really no need to say no to her.

but that's not the main reason why he decided to accept this decision. With the world now in need for another Symbol of Peace, he can't just delay Midoriya's training if there's really nothing wrong with him. He didn't want the poor kid to horribly worry about him again. After finishing his pondering, he sighed in defeat.
"Yes, ma'am."

"Hey, Kacchan?"
"Gah!" The blonde hair boy hissed as the pain raced passed his arm from over exerting his power a bit due to getting startled by the freckled kid's voice.
"oh..." Izuku noticed this and frowned, "sorry."
"Dammit Deku, were in the middle of training!" he made a sharp glare at him while gripping unto his hurting arm, "What the hell do you want?!"
the kids were in the gym with the other 1-A students training in an attempt to continue improving their quirk. it was a little bit surprising that Izuku suddenly stopped training just to talk to him. But knowing his childhood friend, he wouldn't be doing this unless something's bothering him. He can sort of guess on what he's fussing about this time, but decided to make sure by asking him that question. But not before Deku asked him first.

"Well I was wondering, have you seen All Might?"
Bakugou had a pause before sighing.
"He's absent again, is he?"
"I don't know. That why I'm asking."
"He probably is," he said this while adjusting his equipment.
"But even if he is, why should you worry about it?"

Midoriya glance down at the ground.
"I'm worried he's feeling sick again. We were suppose to have our morning training, but he never showed up. I tried texting him, calling him, even visiting the teacher's office after first quarter. The staff just told me he would be running late."
Bakugou just continued having the unamused expression and turned his face away.
"Sheesh, you and being so attached to him that you constantly worry. Look, I'm sure he's going to be fine. If he really wasn't, he would tell us, right?"
"I mean...I guess-"

"What is going on here?"
The duos got startled and quickly turn to the voice they just heard as they saw a tired and tall black hair male walk up to them.
"M-mister Aizawa!" Midoriya eyes widen and quickly and properly stood when facing his homeroom teacher. He didn't look too pleased.
"Why have you two stopped your training?"
"Well don't blame me," Bakugou pointed out, "Deku was the one interrupted my training."
He then turned to the other boy,
"Midoriya?

"I'm sorry sir," he made a slight bow, "I was asking him about All Might's whereabouts."
Aizawa blinked and said,
"you're still concerned for his health, is that correct?"
Izuku frowned embarassingly,
"Correct, sir."
"I perfectly understand your concern for him. It's been quite the two weeks for him. However, that should not stop you for continuing your training. No matter what condition he is in, he still wants you and the others to focus on becoming professional heroes."

Izuku bit his lips.
"Alright. I'm sorry, sensei."
"He is still recovering from the incident. But I'm sure he'll be fine soon. So do what you can to put it aside and don't get distracted."
"Yes, sir."
And for that, Aizawa walked away, possibly going to check on the other's process. Bakugou noticed Midoriya still standing there. And although he could have just ignore him and continue his training, he instead called out to him.
"Hey!" Izuku responded to this by turning back to his childhood friend, "If I'm going to beat you fair and square, you better be fully prepared for it! So continue your training already!"

The freckle-faced kid noticed the motivation and dip his head with finally a determined look in his eyes.
"Right!"

"Are you good enough for this?" Recovery Girl asked as she walked up close to the bed the skinny teacher was lying on.
Toshinori breathed in and out from his nose, keeping his mouth covered by a towel that has some blood stains on it and having a sickly look on his face. Uncovering it and placing it on his chest, kept on gazing at the ceiling.
"I should be done gagging for now. Dammit," he then pick out his phone to check, "I can't believe I missed so many things. I have so many missed calls from Young Midoriya. Do you think you can wait for me to send him a message so he knows why I missed morning training?"

"It's 10:08 in the morning," she told him, "so class 1-A must be at the gym at this time.
"Right right," he sighed, realizing how cloudy his memory is being due to his unusual symptoms, "then I'll just text him later."
While he was putting his phone back in his pocket, the nurse continued staring at him in slight concern as she was pulling back a machine.
"I still find it extremly unusual how your symptoms has been becoming. I believe it's been a long time since you had the feeling of being nauseated. Not to mention that when I checked on your injury last week, I didn't see anything could be causing a disturbance in your body whatsoever. Other than the usual symptoms you've been having for 6 years."

he tried to atleast make a short chuckle to lighten up his situation,
"Ofcourse."
"so for this week's checkup, I want see if there could be something going on with your intestines. It must be related to the cave incident."
"I don't know how I should really feel about getting an ultrasound. Seems a little awkward when you think about it."
"Obviously, not all ultrasounds are used for pregnancies," she said this while taking out a battle of gel, "I often use this for the UA students. Would you mind pulling up your shirt for me?"

Toshinori untucked his well fitted white suit and pulled it back, revealing his flat and slightly sunken stomach. He usually doesn't feel comfortable revealing his scar unless he feels is completely necessary for medical purposes or if he feels willing to. Though looking to how he showed it to Izuku the moment his true identity was accidentally seen, he's now starting to regret that whole conversation. Such a motivating man he was.
"a lot of my patients always complains about how cold the gel is," she said pulling out a plastic bottle, "so I would like to warn you about that."
"I don't care," he admitted, "just do whatever you can do."

She smirked,
"I had a feeling you say that."
and for that, she squeeze onto his abdomen in a short circular motion. The retired hero felt goosebumps appear in his arms by the coldness of it, yet never did he show any reactions as he continued to let Recovery Girl do her thing by grabbing the ultrasound wound and rubbing it around his stomach. It almost felt as if he was getting some sort massage when she was doing it, even though he started feel another slight nauseating sensation. Not that he had the feeling of gagging again, but the feeling of it did make him uncomfortable. Honestly, if he didn't feel sick, this would actually feel so nice and relaxing.

"Now let's see what's going on with those intestines. Something tells me your symptoms could be related to what's going on there. I don't really see anything much going on in this part, so let's go a little downwards..."
She slightly moved the wand passed down to his midsection and that's when she immediately to notice to something on the screen.
"Ah, found it. Hm...that's strange.
"What is it?" He turned to her.
"There seem to be some sort of small lump on the surface of your small intestine. It looks to be attached."

Toshinori slightly sat up now starting to grow concern.
"I have a tumor?"
"It could be possible," she also started to concerned look, "but it could be anything. Whatever it is, we're gonna have to remove it as soon as we can. Not that we should remove it right away. Not being fully aware of the condition could only affect your health in the opposite direction. So we need to be very cautious on this."
The teacher sat there frozen staring downwards at his adomen without even focusing on it, his mind getting blurry.
How would Young Midoriya and the others respond to this? I don't want them to be devastated because of it...no. I can't die yet. I'm not letting this tumor kill me. I have to keep the promise I made to Midoriya. But will he trust me if I told him? What do I do?
"I don't mind if you tell the boy," she spoke again as if she could read his mind, "but if you going to do so, you have to tell him in a way that won't let him go into a panic. I don't want him to make an immediate conclusion."
Toshinori just continued staring at her in silence. She sighed, got up and grabbed a towel.

"Here," she handed it over in which he hesitated for moment before taking it, "get yourself cleaned up. I'll make contact with the hospital nearby and hopefully assign professional surgeons to operate you as soon as they can. In the meantime..."
She went over the cabinet and grabbed a bag of pills to pour unto a small bottle,
"Take this ateast one or twice a day. It should help soften the symptoms. Please call if you notice any new symptoms."
After making his last pause, he dipped his head. Just as he did this, a beeping sound was heard. Recovery Girl rolled up her sleeves and looked at her electronic watch.
"A student just sprained her leg in training. I'll go ahead and take my leave," she stood up and gave her last gaze at the former hero.
"Please. Take it very easy. Remember that you still have alot of things to do."

And for that she left the room. He kept on staring at the door until it completely close shut and he look down to dig his hand on his pocket. Pulling his cellphone out, his throat still tense and dry, he decided to reply his successor's messages:

Young Midoriya,

I'm sorry I have missed training again. Recovery Girl says I'm still not feeling well, so I'll ask Principal Nezu for a week break. We'll have training next week.

He made a huge frown.
I'll tell you the news then.
And for that, he hit send.