"This is probably from when we swam last week. Kaminari didn't even swim with us…"

In truth he wasn't okay. His body may feel hot from the outside, but felt chilly. Not the same cold he's accustomed to from using his quirk, but the type you get when you have a cold or a flu.

Which is a feeling that Shouto hasn't had for a really long time. He remembered it fondly. It happened six years ago, when he suddenly found himself in a hospital bed. Fortunately, for him the nurses did not tend to him frequently, but rather his mother. From what he heard from his sister, her mother insisted on taking care of him so the hospital staff let Shouto stay with his mother. It was one of those rare opportunities for him and his mother to be alone peacefully without the sight of his abusive father. However, at the time he was careful of how he showed his face to her, and the whole time he spent there he acted coldly, turned on side. Not as an act of rejection, but he didn't want his mother to see his left side.

As he regained consciousness, Shouto can faintly see where he is. He sees that he's no longer in the cafeteria, but in the hallway. He can see that he's walking somewhere, but doesn't feel his legs touching the ground. He knows he being carried, but by who. He looks to his left to find Izuku and Tenya talking in front of him.

"These guys never left me alone, huh…"

He turns to his right to find Mina and Tooru looking back, and teasing whoever's carrying him. Like a gust of wind, a pleasant scent hit him in the face. Like a sweet, flowery smell. He then noticed a prick from the top of his head. He looks up to find a spiky tail of hair dangling from above. He turns his head slightly to get a good look at who's carrying him, but his nose is met by a soft and springy cheek.

"It looks like you're still burning up, Todoroki-san. But don't worry we're almost to the clinic."

He knew it. He knew who was carrying him, but even with this knowledge Shouto couldn't help but blush. His heart racing, he cries out to his caretaker.

"Yaoyorozu! Let me walk!"

"Oh, Todoroki-kun you're awake." Izuku and Tenya look at him with relief.

"Really, you should let Todoroki walk by himself, he's a big boy." Shouto looks at the floating gloves and agrees with her.

"Nonsense! It's a duty of a hero to tend to those in need!"

"But this is Todoroki we're talking about," Mina points out, "He strong enough to care for himself. Unless there's more to this than your heroic sense of duty." Izuku, Tenya, and Tooru cover their mouths to keep themselves from laughing. From the look on their faces, Shouto knew that they wanted to tease him. It's common high schooler behavior.

Embarrassed, Shouto hides his face from the four ahead of him. His face resting on Momo's shoulder, he never realized how soft her body is. Her looks she give off a muscular appearance, evident of her athleticism, but right now her deltoid is more like a pillow for his head. As the group walks towards the clinic, Shouto tries to talk to Momo to pass the time.

"Please walk faster. I don't want you to catch whatever I have."

"Even when you're sick, you still care for others. As expected from Todoroki-san."

"Todoroki-san, please don't be so formal with me. I think you should worry about yourself first."

At this point, Shouto knew not to go against Momo's desire to help him. He simply had to let his friends care for him, something that he's still not used to feeling. He gently shuffles his head as he let's Momo carry him. From the corner of his eye, he can see the edges of Momo's face. "A smile perhaps?"

He can also see the rest of his friends teasing Momo for some reason.

"How annoying. Let her act heroic guys."


"And that what happened."

Recovery Girl sighs, and holds Momo's hand. "You're free to stay here until Todoroki feels better." Momo nods. Her conviction may have clouded her judgement, but it not like she had anything crucial to learn in class. "Midnight-sensei will be lecturing on the history of costume design in Japan, and All Might-sensei isn't teaching outdoor combat training today so I won't be missing much."

"I'll let your teachers know that you're here." Recovery Girl walks towards the school phone. "They would find it weird that a top student isn't present in their class."

While Recovery Girl talks on the phone, Momo approached Shouto's bed. Radiating from her hand, she pulls out two pillows and fluffs them. Shouto looks at her with a concerned look on his face.

"Yaoyorozu, I have pillows already."

"Nonsense!" Momo ignores him and replaces his pillows with hers. "Besides I think these would help support your head more." Shouto looks at her before he turns his head to look at the ceiling.

"These are really good pillows."

"I'm glad you like them." Momo gives Shouto a smile.

Recovery Girl looks at the two from across the room.

"Honestly she's going overboard."

"Oooh I love this young romance!" She could hear Midnight's voice over the phone. "Please keep me updated."

Recovery Girl hangs up with no response.


This story is based on a headcanon I found on tumblr. I would send the link but for some reason ff isn't letting post the whole link.

post/163175629103/sick-todoroki-getting-treated-by-momo

Anyways, there so much more to write about this story based solely on todomomo's post but I might go even further who knows.