Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 174 - Escape the entropy

Shuzenji raised her head as she heard some noise echoing from the hallway, just in time to see Shinsou walking into the infirmary, with Midoriya in his arms.

"Did... something happen?" Shuzenji frowned slightly, as Shinsou gently set Midoriya down on one of the infirmary beds, with the smaller boy clinging onto Shinsou tightly, breathing heavily. There were tear streaks running down his face, and Shuzenji hastily gave Midoriya a cool, wet cloth so that he could wipe his tears away.

"You brought it with you?" Shinsou softly asked, and Midoriya nodded, holding onto the taller boy. Shinsou gently maneuvered about so that he could fish the small bottle of medication out of Midoriya's pocket, before handing it to Shuzenji, "It... doesn't work too well..."

"I can see that." Shuzenji took the bottle and placed it on the table, "Just let me look over him to make sure there aren't any other negative effects."

Shinsou straightened out, and was about to stand to the side to give Shuzenji some space, but Midoriya vehemently shook his head, and clutched onto Shinsou's arm tighter, "No...Don't leave me... Please..."

"I'm not leaving. I'll be right here." Shinsou sat down by the edge of the bed, close enough to Midoriya that it placated the small greenette, while giving Shuzenji enough room to move around so she could check on the boy properly.

It took some time for her to check on everything that she deemed important, and she settled back into her chair, staring at all the notes she had made. He seemed fine, other than the worsening of his condition that had been amplified by the medications.

He would be fine; he didn't take too much, and his medication was only supposed to last half a day so they could discuss how the medication affected him, so it wasn't that bad.

But looking at the nervous, anxious mess that Midoriya was, lying on the bed and clinging onto Shinsou's arm the entire time, Shuzenji knew that she was only trying to convince herself that it wasn't her fault that Midoriya had been reduced to this state, when it really was her fault.

"If he only took the dosage that I told him to take, then he should be fine once the effects of the medication wears off." Shuzenji let out a small sigh, the bottle of medication that Shinsou had fished out of Midoriya's pocket sitting on her table mockingly, "Just give him some time to rest."

"See, Zuku? You'll be fine." Shinsou nodded, and turned down to look at Midoriya, "Just relax. Everything would work out. I'll come and find you after lessons, okay?"

The green haired boy just shook his head, shifting closer to Shinsou, grabbing onto his hand tightly. He gently ran his fingers through Midoriya's hair, and the smaller boy just slowly closed his eyes, his exhaustion finally getting the better of him.

"Fine. I'll stay for a bit, okay?" Shinsou murmured, settling down by the side of the bed.

Shuzenji just sat down into her chair, and shook her head. If she had just decided to start off by give him the other medication instead... maybe they could have avoided this altogether.

The taller boy didn't know how long he had stayed in the infirmary, but Midoriya fell asleep, and the lavender haired boy stood up, "I'll be heading back to class now, Recovery Girl."

"Alright." Shuzenji nodded, "Don't strain yourself."

Shinsou nodded, and shot the sleeping boy one last glance, before he slowly trudged out of the infirmary.

A few minutes later, there was the sound of footsteps, and Nezu rushed into the infirmary, his laptop and several files clutched firmly under his arms, "I heard from Lunch Rush that something happened?! Is Izuku okay?"