A/N: Yo, I'm back with a new chapter finally, sorry for not updating in a while, I kind of stopped writing this altogether at the end of October ish but now I'm back writing it and this chapter has just been sat, unfinished on my laptop for over months...Whoops, oh well, it's a fairly long chapter so hopefully that makes up for it? Anyway, enjoy another chapter of Ikuya suffering. Also I kind of based the teacher in this off my history teacher at school, she's awesome so yeah, anyway on with the chapter.

When Ikuya next checked the time, it was around two in the morning. He realised that he must of fallen asleep at some point and his bedroom light had been turned of, presumably by his parents.

He stood up to go to the toilet however, his vision began swimming, causing him to lean against the wall to steady himself.

His vision soon went back to normal however, his head was pounding inside his skull. After he had been to the toilet, Ikuya headed to the kitchen to grab a glass of water. He had to stop in the doorway again as his vision blurred again. It was when he started to see black spots obstructing his vision that he began to panic.

"Ikuya?" Someone behind him asked. Ikuya spun around as quickly as he could, losing his balance as his vision went completely black.

"Ikuya!" Natsuya quickly reached out to catch his brother.

"Natsuya? What's wrong?" His father was there now, rubbing sleep out of his eyes.

"I don't know. Ikuya just collapsed or something." Natsuya replied, panicked

"Natsuya, calm down. I'm sure he's just tired." His father said in an attempt to calm his oldest son down however, the panic in his voice didn't go unnoticed

"Ikuya!" Natsuya attempted to wake him up.

"Natsuya, I'm sure he's fine, smiling slightly at how concerned Natsuya sounded. "I'm sure he'll be fine in the morning." His father said, going over and scooping Ikuya up in his arms, carrying him to his bedroom with a concerned Natsuya following him.

"He'll be fine." His father said, ruffling Natsuya's already messy hair after he placed Ikuya in his bed.

"Okay then..." Natsuya said reluctantly as his father led him out of Ikuya's room.

Natsuya couldn't get back to sleep after that. He was worried about Ikuya, after all, he had just collapsed in front of him for no apparent reason

"Maybe there's a reason he collapsed, after all, he always looks so pale and recently he's looked like he's not been sleeping properly." Natsuya muttered to himself.

"I need to talk to him about it..." Natsuya muttered as his eyes drifted closed against his will.

When Ikuya woke up the next morning, he could feel a strong pounding in his skull as he attempted to focus his vision.

I don't remember falling asleep last night...

Ikuya stood up, his headache washing over him like a wave. He stood for a moment, trying to keep his balance as his head spun. After a while, the dizziness faded away and the throbbing in his head getting worse. He forced himself to start getting ready for school, hissing in pain at the stinging cuts all over his thigh.

Well today is going to be fun, isn't it?

"Ikuya?" Natsuya's voice came through the door. Ikuya turned quickly to face the door, looking at the door like a deer trapped in the headlights of an oncoming car.

"Y..yeah?" Ikuya tried his best not to let his voice crack

"Are you feeling okay?" Natsuya asked, his concern clear in his voice.

"I'm fine." Ikuya replied simply

"Are you sure? If you're not feeling well, you can stay home you know?"

"I told you I'm I'm fine." Ikuya said, a little too harshly

"Okay..." Natsuya began walking away and Ikuya almost began to feel bad however, he was distracted once again by his thoughts running wild

...You shouldn't feel bad, Natsuya left you remember? He doesn't care about you...

"Great, I'm not even at school yet and I already feel like hell." Ikuya muttered to himself as he finished getting dressed before reluctantly heading out of his room to get breakfast and hopefully find some paracetamol to reduce the pounding in his skull.

"Good morning Ikuya." His mother smiled at him cheerfully as he entered the kitchen. Ikuya mumbled a quiet

"Good morning."

Ikuya quickly had some breakfast and found some paracetamol before leaving the house as soon as possible

The walk to school was uneventful, as was the first few lessons at school however, by the time fourth lesson came around, Ikuya was tired and fed up. His thighs had started burning and his mind had started wandering again. He didn't even realise until the teacher called his name, asking a question about whatever they had been explaining.

"Uhh...I'm not sure..." Ikuya mumbled, praying that his teacher would simply move on to someone else however, luck didn't seem to be on his side today as the teacher then said

"Just have a go, it's okay if it's wrong."

Wow, that has filled me with confidence...Ikuya thought as he stared blankly at the board. He knew he had to at least try and answer but he had no idea what the question was about. His mind had now gone completely blank and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't think of anything that could even be considered an answer. He could feel his heart rate speeding up and could hear it pulsing in his ears as he looked around in panic

No one will help you...They'll all just think you're going insane...They're all going to laugh at you...

"Kirishima-kun? Are you alright?" Their teacher asked, breaking Ikuya out of his thoughts.

Ikuya tried to take in a deep breath to answer the question however, his breath got caught in his throat, making it feel as if he would cry at any moment.

I can't do this...I need to get out of here or something, please I don't want to be in this room anymore...

Ikuya's thoughts started running wild again and he barely even heard the teacher setting everyone some work to do.

The next thing he knew, his teacher was in front of him, gesturing for him to follow him out of the room. Ikuya stood up shakily, his hands and feet both filed with pins and needles as he followed his teacher out of the room.

"Kirishima-kun, what's going on? Are you feeling sick or something?"

Ikuya stopped to try and think for a second, how did he answer that? Did he just say he felt sick? No, then they might call his parents. Does he tell the truth? No then they might try to get Natsuya or someone to help. He was at a loss of what to say, luckily, his teacher gave him a sympathetic smile

"Look, you're obviously not feeling well or upset or something, go to the toilets or something and see if you feel better, if not, we can call your parents at lunch." His teacher explained

Ikuya nodded and attempted to say thank you however, it came out extremely quiet and stuttered. His teacher left to go back to teaching and Ikuya walked quickly down the hall to the toilets, not wanting to run into anyone who might question why he was out of lesson.

Around 20 minutes later, Ikuya had managed to calm himself down however, as he made his way back to his class room, his hand were still shaking a bit and his heart rate was still slightly faster than usual but he wasn't panicking now and he didn't feel like he was going to panic either and so, he re entered the class room and took his seat once more.

He received a concerned look of his teacher but other than that, the rest of the lesson continued as normal and soon enough the bell signalling the start of lunch rung. Ikuya headed over to where Haru, Kisumi and Asahi were already sat and sat down.

The four of them all sat eating, Asahi constantly talking and Kisumi joining in the majority of the time. Ikuya was glad however, Asahi's constant talking meant that no one had the time to ask him about what had happened before. Or at least that's what he thought until Asahi turned the topic of the conversation to the lesson they'd just had.

"Oh yeah, Ikuya, what happened just then, when you wee asked a question?" Asahi's loud voice asked

Damn, how do I answer, if I tell them I felt sick, would they know I'm lying? Probably.

"It was nothing, I just felt sick I guess." Ikuya said uncertainly. He could feel Haru's eyes burning into the side of his head and so, he purposely avoided eye contact with him in case Haru saw through his lie

The bell for the end of lunch rung soon enough and everyone went back to their lessons.

Last lesson went by quickly and before Ikuya knew it, he was following Haru, Asahi and Makoto down to the pool. It was at this moment that Ikuya remembered what he had done last night which filled him with a sense of dread at the thought of getting into a pool full of chlorine.

Well this is going to be fun isn't it...?