I quickly woke up to see Todoroki sleeping in his futon and the same goes for me. My eyes were puffy. I sighed, groaning. "I hate to cry at night…." I decided to head to the bathroom to freshen up. I peeled off the blanket and headed to his bathroom in his room with my clothes in hand.

I splashed cold water to my face, started to brush my teeth as I thought about what happened last night. "Me crying in his arms, cannot do again." I warned myself, shaking my head from that fresh memory. There's a part of me inside that loved it, but I don't want to get ahead of myself.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! "Mizuki, you inside?" It was Todoroki!

"Y-yes! I'm still brushing my teeth and I need to change myself after that. It's not going to take long, Todoroki!" I spat out the foam of the toothpaste and rinsed my mouth, then drying it when a towel. I quickly grabbed my clothes: wrap front tie side blouse and black high waisted shorts. I pulled my black hair into a high ponytail. "Okay, Todoroki, I'm coming out now!" I announced, opening the door to see him staring at me, not blinking for a second. "T-Todoroki…?" I waved my hand in front of him to see if he was still alive.

His eyes jumped as he forgot that he zoned out for a bit. "Sorry." He apologized, walking to the bathroom.

"Okay?" I looked back at the bathroom door then proceeded to go to the living room.

"Hi, Mizuki. How was your night?" Fuyumi asked, while watching tv.

"Tearful. Finally bonded with Todoroki." I half heartedly laughed.

"I'll be screaming on the day when you both hook up." She jokingly said to tease me.

I smiled unsurely. "Don't know, Fuyumi. Only time can tell." I shrugged, making me think about the future that holds the both of us, as I started to feel the heat.

"Are you blushing?" She teased, standing next to me to poke me cheek.

"No." I covered my cheeks and turned away from her.

"Ah, Shouto," I turned around to look at Todoroki when his sister called him out. "Breakfast is on the table."

After breakfast, I was helping out Todoroki with the dishes. "You can clean? Because I know you can cook." I asked Todoroki, wanting to start a conversation with him.

"Yeah. I managed to help my sister around even though I have training with my father." He scrubbed the dirty dishes clean in soap.

"That's good. I've always been babied by my household servants, so I'm not wifey material at all." I chuckled, rinsing the soapy dishes.

"You can start learning today."

"About yesterday, um…thanks for letting me cry on you." I said shyly, lowering my head down so he could not see the rising red appearing on my cheeks.

"Why are you covering your face?"

"Nothing. Keep wiping the dishes."

Out of nowhere, he gripped my face. Not tight to hurt but firm to look at. My heart was racing as stared into my eyes. I could feel myself blushing even more. "Stop. You're making me blush. Oh my gosh!" I flicked water at his face and giggled like a kid.

He made an incredibly displeasing face when the water made contact to his face. With swift movement, he used his head to bonk my head. And I didn't see that coming from him. "Oww…." I rubbed my forehead in pain. Then I felt something bubbly and foamy on my cheeks. "What is this?" I swiped it and it turned out to be bubble from the dish soap. "Really?" I looked up at him, rubbing the foam in between my forefinger and thumb.

"Yes, really. You threw water."

"Maybe I will do it again!" I flicked water at him as he blocked himself with his arms, laughing, sounding like he's having fun with me.

"Hey kiddos, stop messing with water and soap." Fuyumi reminded us. "Wash the dishes, please. Don't make a big mess." She huffed, leaving us be.

"You started it, Todoroki." I mumbled loudly on purpose.

"Sure I did, Mizuki."

Soon after we cleaned and dried the dishes, Todoroki announced that he's going out to visit his mother. "Shouto, taking Mizuki with you. I bet she'd feel awkward staying here with us." Fuyumi said, knowingly that she'd want me and Todoroki to 'bond' even more.

"Fine." He was already outside the house.

I looked back at Fuyumi who gave me two thumbs up. "Tch." I smiled at her childishness. She really believes that we'll be a couple. She's such a supportive sister. Todoroki is lucky to have siblings. I thought he was an only child who had been tortured to exceed things. Being tortured was right about him but only child? No.

I ran outside to catch up with him.

"Hey, wait up!" I ran next to him in my Dr. Marten leather ankle boots.

"You're just slow." He looked down at me. "You're short." He snorted, making fun of my height now.

"Hey! It's okay it be short! Some guys like short girls." I defended my height.

"What kind of guy do you like then?" That question took me by surprise.

"A tall guy that's it. I don't expect much from a guy because even if you do have an ideal type, they won't always hit the expectation of what you want them to be."

"Good answer."

"How about you, Todoroki?" I wanted to know his answer of his ideal girl.

"Someone that I really love. I don't care about looks or height, I care about if they really love me." He sounded thoughtful as he picked out the right words for me to hear.

"Very very thoughtful, Todoroki Shouto. Your woman would love you since you can cook and clean. You might as well be good with kids, too." I teased, hoping ahead of him.

"Don't jump ahead of me if you don't know the way to the hospital." Todoroki scolded me and I stopped for him to catch up.

We made it to the hospital where his mom is in. We stepped through the gates and inside to the counter to ask the workers for the room number. "Come on, Mizuki let's go." He walked in front of me to lead the way.

315 was the room number where his mother was placed in. "Hey, I'll stay outside the room. It has to be you and your mother since you haven't seen her in years."

"No, just come inside with me." He breathed, hand shaking to open the door.

I placed a hand on his forearm. "Breathe, Todoroki." We made eye contact with each other.

"Okay." He opened to the door to see a beautiful white haired woman who resembled half of Todoroki. He stepped inside first, then did I.

His mother turned her head to see Todoroki. "Mom." He spoke to her in a soft and gentle voice.

"Shouto." She whispered, getting up to hug her son. It was a warm hug that made his heart happy.

I stood by the door awkwardly. I told him it'll be fine for me to stay outside but noooo, he didn't want me too.

"My son," she held his face in her hands. "I'm so proud of you." Her voice cracked, almost to the brink of tears. "Shouto, who is this girl?" She looked over at me.

"Sorry, I didn't introduce myself. I'm Akagawa Mizuki." I bowed in respect. "I'm a close friend of your son."

She smiled sweetly. "You finally have friends. Make more friends so you won't be lonely. Relying on others won't hurt, Shouto." She sat back down on her chair.

RING RING RING

It was my phone. "Sorry, let me take this outside." I opened the door and shut it behind me. It was an unknown caller on the screen. I pressed the green button and placed it on my ear. "Hello?"

"Mizuki! It's Iida. I'll explain how I got your number later but I need your help!" Iida sounded desperate for some reason.

"What is it?" I asked, making me wonder now.

"I need you to your quirk to save my brother. Come to the hospital in…." He gave the location and ended the call.

I had to help him because his voice sounded really sad and hurt. He was about to cry through the phone.

I opened the door and looked at Todoroki. "Um, Todoroki… Iida needs me right now so I'll be back soon. I promise." I closed the door shut and transported out of here.

"Mizuki! You're here!" Iida shouted loudly, running toward me though I just arrived right now and he's already screaming for help through my ears.

"Deep breath, Iida! You need to calm your mind and heart! I will help but you need not to run in the hospital!" I scolded him as he dragged me by the wrist to a room.

"My older brother…he was attacked by a villain and he can't feel his legs…!" He grabbed my hands tightly.

"Don't cry, Iida. I'm here to help out. You just need to chill! Or else I'll slap the shit out of you! If you don't stop your damn whining!" I warned him. He was just too worried and nervous about his brother that he can't even compose himself properly.

"S-sorry, Mizuki."

"You need to get a hold of yourself that's it. I'm fine smacking you but I won't do that."

"Here's the mask to put on." He gave me a mask and I hooked it behind my ears. "Let's go in." Iida opened the door for me to enter in first.

"Hello, I'm a classmate of Iida, Akagawa Mizuki. You must be his mom and that in bed is his brother." I introduced myself to his mother. "Your son called me here today for me to help your eldest son. I'll try my best to help him out, but I can't guarantee that I have the ability to help him out completely to heal since Iida should've called me in earlier when they were doing the surgery on him." I specially told my part to Iida and his mother.

I grabbed the latex gloves and slipped it on with a snap. "You're heavily injured. I can feel it in your blood. I'll need to regenerate more blood in you." I put a hand over him and a hue of red was appearing from my hand. "Iida, you have to remember I deal with blood. Not the systems in the body."

"R-right..! I totally forgot….because I thought you'd be my last hope to help my brother."

"I'll pump some blood in him, but I have to see what I can do. I need to know what happened to him. All I know is that he was attacked by a villain, but who is the villain that did it to him. I need that information. Because if he or she have the power to paralyze him then…." It hit me right away. "That's right. " I whispered to myself.

"What's wrong?" Iida walked over to me.

"I'm just thinking." I knew who the person was but I can't risk Iida to be in danger. "Give me the reports by the doctor after the surgery." I asked Iida.

"Here." He handed it out to me.

"Read it out loud. I'm busy pumping more blood into him."

As Iida was reading, there was no note upon his spinal cord. "That's it, Iida! He's not forever paralyzed because there's no notes on his spinal cord being damaged. He's paralyzed by the legs since you guys have the quirk of speed or something that's why Stain attacked his legs-"

"Stain? Is Stain the villain who attack my brother?" At that moment, I knew I messed up.

"You can't fight him, Iida. I don't know his quirk completely well. All I know that it associates with blood and now paralyzation. You can't go off to fight him off yourself." I'm warning Iida. I don't know if he's going to take my advice. "I can't heal your brother completely today because he's still in bad condition and it's going to take time, meaning that I'll have to come by daily to get rid of the paralyzation. Research Stain, Iida!" I ordered him.

"Stain killed seventeen Pro Heroes, crippled twenty three others to the point that they can't recover. There's not description of how his quirk is worked or done."

"This is worst than I thought." My heart was shaken by hearing the information.

"What can you do, Mizuki?"

I turned to look at him with a worried expression. "I don't know… I thought I'd be able to do it because it's blood, but hearing that even with the hospital help, they're still crippled and can't recover. He must be a strong villain to do that to people." I fiddle with my fingers.

"There's no hope is there?" He slumped down next to his mom.

"Stain must've cut down your brother multiple times on the legs to inflicted the paralyzation…." I mumbled, thinking deeply about this situation. "These crippled people are still heavy injured because of him...and I think it never went away by months or years. I have a theory, Iida, but it might risk your brother's life even more."

"What is it? Tell me." I heard him stood up from his chair.

"It might have to do with his weapon. His weapon might be coated with something-" I was cut off by his brother.

"No… He wield a katana. When he…cut me, he licked the blade-" He was weak even to talk.

"Brother, please, don't talk. Just rest." Iida said to him.

"He licks his opponent's blood to inflict the paralyzation…." I whispered to myself once again. "Tasting the blood will trigger it, AND THERE MAY BE A WAY TO HELP YOUR BROTHER!" I raised my voice up to the point where his mother had to hush at me. "Sorry." I apologized.

"There is a way?!" I keep on getting Iida's hopes up.

"Yes there is, but I want more information of Stain and his quirk. The healing process will have to be pushed. Don't go fighting off your own with him. If your brother couldn't handle him, then I bet you can't either!" I pointed my finger at him.

"When will that be?"

"I don't know, Iida. Whenever he's in town because I want to experience the full action, not to sound weird or anything. I want to see if I can stop it, and if I can then I can help your brother up to your feet." I smiled up at him, knowing this will be a risky battle between a strong villain and newbie heroes. "I'll catch you at school tomorrow." I teleported out of here and back home to a waiting Todoroki.