All Might opened his mouth to say something, but the doctor quickly shushed him. "Hey," All Might said curtly, and the doctor didn't object.

"How is he?" Izuku immediately asked the doctor.

"Well the good news is that he probably doesn't have anything serious," the doctor responded. "We initially just expected it to be pneumonia, but it seems like he might have something slightly more serious than that. But it's still not too serious and we think we can treat it with antibiotics. However, we'll need to keep him here in the hospital for a few days, if not weeks, because we need to make sure the antibiotics work and he doesn't lose too much more blood; he's very weak and dehydrated, and he may have other chemical imbalances that are making him look so sickly, so we need to make sure he doesn't go into any kind of shock."

Izuku looked down and clenched his fist. If only I had gotten there sooner…

"The paramedics told me you called after checking up on Toshinori since he hadn't responded to you for a while," the nurse said. "It's a good thing you called when you did."

Izuku went quiet. "I just feel like if I had been there sooner-"

"Young Midoriya, you did everything you could," All Might quickly interjected. He looked like he was about to cough, unable to say another word.

Izuku's shoulders tensed up, and he didn't respond.

"Hey man, you did everything you could; don't beat yourself up about it," Eijiro said, putting his hand on Izuku's shoulder.

"Yeah, you did a good thing, Deku," Ochako stated, smiling at him. "Oh! Speaking of nice things- Eijiro, the donuts?"

"Oh yeah!" Eijiro opened up the pink box that they had been lugging around for the past few hours. Three were already missing, and the rest looked a little beat up – and would look delicious, if Izuku hadn't been sick to his stomach with anxiety since he left school earlier that day.

"Oh, uh, is it alright if All Might has something to eat while he's here?" Ochako asked.

"Well if it got past security, then I guess," the doctor replied. "I don't know, but I don't think it's going to hurt him unless you laced it with poison. Although I'm not sure if he's in the mood to eat right now."

All Might opened his mouth to say something, but quickly closed it and instead gestured for Eijiro to bring the box closer. The former pro hero grabbed a classic chocolate glazed out of the box and bit into it quickly, looking positively lost in its flavor.

"Nobody's ever not in the mood to eat donuts!" Eijiro exclaimed jokingly, and All Might nodded in approval as he scarfed down the donut.

Except me. Izuku sighed quietly. He sat down in one of the two chairs, feeling lightheaded.

"I'm…really glad you're alright," Hitoshi said after remaining silent this entire time. His eyes were focused on the wall, not on All Might, but he slowly drew his eyes towards All Might and made eye contact. He looked like there was more he wanted to say, but he didn't say it.

All Might propped himself upright, his hospital gown slipping down slightly. His shirt underneath had a blood stain on it, and as soon as it popped up, Hitoshi averted his eyes.

Everyone seemed to be inadvertedly staring at Hitoshi, since nothing else was going on, and they noticed him jump back at the sight of the blood stain. He noticed this and awkwardly fumbled around his words for a moment. "Sorry, I've just…never been big on blood. I guess I'm lucky that I have a mental quirk for that reason, or perhaps having a mental quirk is what caused me to not get used to blood; I'm not really sure." He sat down in the chair beside Izuku awkwardly.

Izuku couldn't exactly blame him, but he was so used to seeing his own body torn apart that it hardly fazed him anymore.

"There's nothing wrong with that," All Might stated. He clearly wanted to elaborate and give Hitoshi a pep talk, but the doctor was already eyeing him suspiciously.

"Sorry for staring," Ochako apologized awkwardly.

The other three stuck around with Izuku and All Might for probably another hour before they decided it was time to head off. All Might had eaten up the other two donuts and the box was now sitting in the trash.

Ochako was the first to leave. "I think I need to head off; it's getting kind of late, and I should probably get started on my homework. We can trade answers tomorrow if you'd like, Deku," she stated. "That way you can spend more time with All Might, if you need to." She slung her backpack back over her shoulder. "Hope you get better soon All Might, see you guys!" she waved and headed out.

"Don't cheat on your schoolwork!" All Might shouted, then went into a harsh coughing fit.

Hitoshi winced and slunk back in his chair, and Izuku didn't feel much better than the other boy did.

A couple more minutes passed, and Izuku noticed Hitoshi checking his phone. "Yeah, I should probably get home as well. I've got the same homework as the rest of you, but I don't want All Might ratting me out for exchanging answers, so I'm going to do my homework the right way." He shifted his head slightly to look at Eijiro and Izuku and winked quickly. He picked up his belongings and left without a goodbye.

A few minutes of awkward silence passed.

"Hey I can leave now, if you'd like," Eijiro stated. "If you need some alone time with All Might, I mean…"

"No, it's fine, you can stay," Izuku said quickly but quietly.

"I don't want to intrude-" Eijiro started to stand up.

If Eijiro leaves, I'm never going to be able to stop crying- Izuku grabbed his hand. "No- I mean…" he trailed off. "I could really use the company," he replied softly. He paused, but quickly backtracked. "I-I mean, sorry, only if you can-"

"Hey man, I don't have anywhere to be," Eijiro answered, smiling. "I can just copy off of Ochako too."

"Don't-!" All Might coughed once, getting the memo, and just glared at Eijiro instead.

"Thanks," Izuku sighed gratefully.

Eijiro sat back down next to him, sitting a little closer and putting his hand on Izuku's shoulder. "He's gonna be alright; don't worry about him."

All Might broke his glare to nod in agreement to Eijiro's statement.

"I can tell you he's been through much worse, for sure," the doctor stated. "Even if he ends up with the worst possible diagnosis, he's been through worse."

All Might nodded again.

Izuku nodded as well, but he looked back down, fists gripping his pants tightly. But there's only so much one man can take…