It's a long road...

ch. 9

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"todoroki."

todoroki could now hear the sounds around him. someone was trying to talk to him, but todoroki didn't want to. he wanted to stay on the ground and sleep. todoroki pressed his face into the soft ground, stubbornly keeping his eyes shut.

"todoroki," the voice said again, the voice todoroki now recognized as aizawa's, "are you alright?"

"tired." todoroki said simply. he blindly groped for the blanket that was keeping him warm. he made contact with the cloth material, it felt like the ua uniform jacket, and pulled it close to his face.

the blanket was being stopped from pulling further, despite todoroki's efforts. todoroki didn't bother to open his eyes to see what was stopping the blanket. it was over his face, which was good enough. it smelled gold, like caramel and cologne. todoroki breathed in deeply, letting the scent wash over him.

todoroki heard aizawa sigh. "let's just take the kid to his dorm and let him sleep. he can eat whenever he wakes up."

todoroki felt himself being lifted up, but he didn't bother resisting. he just kept a tight grip on the blanket.