Luciana slowly cleaned her apartment. She was exhausted and Matt had school. Breakfast was already on the table.

Too tired to do more, the woman dropped into a chair at the table and laid her head down, knowing she had to move and make her body move were two different things. She still had to walk Matt to school too. "Lucy, you ok?" Matt poked her shoulder, still sleepy.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She struggled to lift her head. Amazingly, she hadn't noticed him coming out of his room. She slid off the chair to her feet. "Let me get your juice, then we can eat." She yawned.

"Ok, Nee-chan." He plopped into the other chair. Still shuffling, she carried two cups of juice back to the table.

Once she was seated, they began to eat in silence. "Is Hero-San going to say hi today?" Matt asked, referring to Todoroki.

"I don't know if Todoroki-san will say hi, but you never know." She yawned. Since she had discovered that he was their neighbor, she had been going out and greeting him in the morning. There were no specific intentions behind her actions, she was just trying to be a good neighbor.

Before long, they had both finished their food and Matt was showering. Luciana was preparing bento for her brother. Once it was done, she put it inside his backpack that sat by the door.

Matt emerged from the bathroom, fighting with his tie. "Let me get that." She laughed softly as she untangled the mess.

"Why can't I get it today?" he asked his older sister.

"Because you're excited, remember?" She ruffled his wet curls briefly. His eyes widened.

"Let's go!" he ran over to the door and jammed his feet into his shoes before running out. Too fast for him to remember his backpack. She scooped the heavy bag up and put it on her back with a grunt.

"Fuck it," she breathed softly as she slipped on her worn tennis shoes. Her abdomen and lower back hurt. Sometimes, being a girl was even more awful than normal. She trudged out the open door, closed it, and locked it.

Luciana glanced down the hall to see Matt animatedly chattering at Todoroki as they waited on the elevator. Grumbling under her breath, she walked over quickly.

"Matt, you almost forgot your backpack." She handed the teenage boy the bag.

He paused his stream of chatter to tell her, "Sorry." He hugged her. "Thanks and loves." He quickly resumed chattering.

"Hi, Todoroki-san." She greeted the man. He was dressed in looser fitting civilian clothes to avoid attention. He grunted in response, his sharp eyes staying firmly on the closed elevator doors.

A minute passed before the doors opened with a ding. Todoroki and Luciana were both silent as Matt chattered on and on about school. Todoroki was the first one to board. He turned and pressed the button for the first floor.

As Luciana waited for Matt to board, Todoroki studied her face. Once they were moving down, he whispered to the young woman, "You look terrible."

She shrugged. She was glad her back was to him and her brother because she wasn't certain if her pale skin would betray her embarrassment.

Wait, why would she be embarrassed?! Ichigo, Ren, Pake, and Mishi had all been pointing that out, what changed now?

They all got off and separated. Maybe it was the fact that was the only thing he had said to her. Yeah, she decided, that was it. That was also the reason her heart was beating too rapidly.

Matt walked into the apartment, expecting to see and smell dinner. The table was empty, the kitchen was empty, and the couch was empty. "Lucy-nee-san?" he called out softly. No response.

He padded down the hall and knocked on the bathroom door. Still no response. He tried the knob. It turned so he left it alone. Lucy liked the door shut.

Finally, he knocked on his sister's door. The other side was silent, so he opened the door. He gasped.

Laying in the middle of the floor was his sister. She wasn't moving but was still breathing. Matt didn't care about her rule to stay out at the moment and rushed to her side. "Lucy!" He yelled, already checking her pulse and breathing. They were fine, perfectly normal. He was even more grateful she had found the money to pay for his first aid certification test now.

After trying to wake her in various ways, he decided to go get Ichigo. He was halfway across the apartment before he remembered that Ichigo and Ren were traveling. "Lucy, why now?" He whined, trying to think of what he should do. Inexperienced, he wasn't sure what he should do. He was on his own.

"Hero-senpai!" He yelled when the idea struck him. Endeavor -too complex a word for him to say right- was the number two hero and was Lucy's friend. The fifteen-year-old boy ran to get the man.

"Hero-senpai!" He called, pounding on the door. It was after seven and the man was normally home by now.

The door opened. "What?" The hero snapped gruffly.

"Lucy needs help." He spoke slowly so that it was clear. "She's not waking up, but breath and pulse are fine." Sheesh! Talking normally was hard. "I not sure what to do so I came to you, Ichigo gone."

"Show me." The man followed after the boy.

"Didn't move her." He led the hero to his sister's room. "She won't tell you what wrong anyway, Hero-senpai." Matt flicked on the light so that they could see.

"Stop calling me that!" The big man was kneeling next to Luciana and carefully checking her over. Thank goodness all heroes were required to be able to perform first aid. "Call me Todoroki."

"Toroki," the boy wrinkled his nose, "and Endvor to big. Can't talk right." He hated that he couldn't say what was in his head, but his sister loved him so he didn't mind. "Lucy not go to hospital. She has nightmares there."

"She's fine, just overtired I think." The man scooped his limp sister up and carried her out of the room. "She shouldn't be alone." He laid her on the couch and covered her with the blanket on the back.

"Will you stay?" Matt looked up, begging the man.

"I was planning on it," was the growled response as Todoroki stomped over to the table and sat down.

"Thanks!" Matt yelled, happy his sister was safe. He sat on the floor, petting her hair. "Ichigo. Call Ichigo." He mumbled to himself and grabbed his sister's phone out of her pocket since it was easier to get his own. He opened the black thing and began texting the pinkette.

'Ichigo, Lucy passed out. She's fine but unresponsive. The neighbor next door is helping me. What do I do to help?' He sent the text to Ichigo.

Pinky-drink: 'She just needs sleep. When she wakes up, make sure she eats. I'll have a word with her when I get home. Otherwise, she just exhausted herself.'

'Thank you! I'll tell Todoroki.'

"Ichigo say Lucy fine, need sleep then food," Matt yelled happily. The only response he got was a distracted grunt. He put her phone back in her pocket.

Luciana woke with a groan. It was dark wherever she was. Her head was pounding and she needed water. Then she needed to check on Matt.

She pulled her phone out and turned on its little flashlight as she sat up. Judging by the feel of what was around her, she guessed she was on the couch. With a sigh, she got up and headed towards the kitchen. She flipped on the light and almost shrieked.

Todoroki was sitting at her table, asleep. Gently, she shook him.

The big man sat up slowly, confused. "What are you doing here?" she asked.

His head snapped over and he glared at her. "Your brother came and got me because your friend is gone. You passed out or something and we couldn't wake you up." His voice was husky from sleep.

"Is Matt asleep?" She began unconsciously chewing her lip.

"Yeah," he looked away. "He handled the situation well if that's what you're worried about."

"No. I was more worried about whether he got food. He's mature, but can't cook. And he can be really bad at handling his emotions." She moved away from the man to the kitchen. "And, I'm probably really late for work." She glanced at the clock. It was one a.m. Too late to even go in.

"What happened anyway?" He growled. He was understandably upset at his evening being interrupted so randomly.

"I… I fell asleep?" she shrugged and sipped her water. Luciana pulled out her phone. "Fuck, Matt texted Ichigo." She collapsed into the chair across from Todoroki.

"And that's bad?" The man certainly was talkative right now.

"Absolutely. I'm going to get scolded for overworking myself." She dropped her phone on the table.

"You say that like it's happened before." His eyes narrowed on her.

"When you're an insomniac that works a bunch of night jobs and cares for your younger, special-needs sibling, it happens. Ichigo helps me, but… he's not here." She glared at him. "The only reason I'm telling you this is because you helped today. Matt is really important to me."

"Makes sense."

"Well…" she ran a hand through her hair. "Thanks. You can leave if you'd like." He nodded and stood. She followed him to the door to lock it behind him.

"Good night," she called. He didn't reply, instead of entering his apartment. Sighing, she returned to the table. There was a small paper with something written. "Emergencies only." It was his phone number, she assumed as she settled onto the couch. She added the number to her contacts.

"Now," she said to herself, "for a long day of sleeplessness or nightmares."

A/N: Hey! I know it's been a while, but, from here on, I should be updating more. My other stories are going to be updated every first and third Monday of the month, so I'll try to update this at the same time. Maybe even more, but who knows.