The Puppeteer's Servant [MHA Deku as Vanny AU]

Chapter 5; Unresponsive

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Todoroki walked and took a sip of his recently refilled glass, as he left the kitchen. He walked out towards the main room that Mina and Hagakura had been working in earlier.

I should take a peek, it won't harm anyone.

Todoroki stepped out into the open space, there were a couple of new speakers hooked up to the TV. Todoroki looked around the dark space, light coming from the computer illuminating the room. A game was opened and playing, the person playing was not really moving. Todoroki searched for its player, finding Izuku's dark figure standing idol by the couch.

"Midoriya?" Todoroki asked into the dark.

Izuku didn't move, nor show any signs he'd heard him. Todoroki walked towards him, Izuku was standing weird, his head lolled back lazily and his arms drooping at his sides.

"Midoriya?" Todoroki questioned again, getting no response.

Todoroki poked Izuku, Izuku showed still no sign he had realized someone was there.

Could he have fallen asleep while playing?

Todoroki pulled the headset off and set it on the table next to the couch. Then turned back to look at Izuku, who still hadn't responded.

"Midoriya!" Todoroki tried once more.

Todoroki lit a small flame in his hand so he could see Izuku's face. Izuku's pupils were small, his eyes half-closed as if he was on the verge of falling asleep. Other than that he looked perfectly fine.

So maybe he did somehow fall asleep.

Todoroki grabbed Izuku's shoulders and shook him softly, Izuku still staring blankly with glazed eyes.

"Wake up, Izuku." Todoroki said, worry creeping into his voice.

Todoroki shook harder, accidentally pushing him over. Todoroki caught him before he hit the floor and laid him down on the couch.

"Sorry I didn't mean to do that." Todoroki said, knowing he was only talking to himself. "I should get everyone else-"

"Todoroki?" Someone whispered behind him.

Todoroki turned to see Iida looking down at him, a small flashlight in his hands.

"Is that Midorya with you? What are you doing out here at this hour?" He questioned.

Todoroki lowered his head, "Izuku won't wake up."

"What?"

"Izuku won't wake up!" Todoroki yelled, there was a pause. "Found him here, standing in the middle of the room. I can't seem to wake him up."

Iida didn't quite understand and walked over to take a look. He saw Izuku's face, his eyes glossed in a dead stare. Iida had planned for the worst, but he kept his mouth shut. He shook Izuku softly, getting no response. He checked that Izuku was still breathing, and for his pulse. Both were normal as if he was just asleep. The lights were suddenly switched on. Todoroki and Iida turned around to find Mina, Jiro, Hagakura, and Momo standing by the light switch with sleepy expressions on their faces.

"What are you two doing? It's like 5 in the morning." Jiro asked.

Todoroki and Iida stepped back so that the girls could see Izuku.

Mina looked back up at them in surprise, "What the h*ll happened? Is he okay?"

Todoroki explained, the girls now also surrounding Izuku. More sleepy voices could be heard coming from the halls, pretty much everyone was up now.

"What's going on here?" Kirishima yawned, walking over to the small group surrounding the couch.

Momo turned to answer Kirishma, a grim expression on her face.

"Izuku won't wake up. We've been trying to just get some sort of response from him but-but... He's just..." Momo dropped off.

The rest of the class except for Bakugou, Sero, and Tokoyami surrounding Izuku. Everyone had worried expressions on their faces now. Sero and Tokoyami arrived 30 minutes later, it was about 6 now, and the group had moved on making breakfast. The room was still filled with worries and grief about Izuku's current situation, but everyone knew that they weren't able to contact the teachers just yet and would have to wait till 9 for Aizawa to come and check-in. The phone lines had been out for a day or two now, the internet was working, but no one could call or text just yet. Kirishima explained this time, Sero and Tokoyami are gaining worried expressions now too.

"Have you tried an alarm yet? He might just be a heavy sleeper." Tokoyami advised.

"Not yet," Kirishma replied, "We have to wait till Bakugo wakes up to do that though. Otherwise, he'll break something again. You know what'll happen if we 'break' another room."

Tokoyami nodded and sat down at the table. Bakugo now arriving, the room heavy with worry.

"What's got you all such a s***ty mood, huh?" He growled everyone's attention dragged to him.

Todoroki was the first to look away, "Go look for yourself."

Todoroki pointed to the couch where Izuku still lay, he still hadn't moved. Bakugo looked at Izuku confused, walking over to the couch slowly.

"He's just asleep." Bakugo said everyone seemed to simultaneously look away.

"Why don't you wake him up then?" Todoroki said.

"Why would I want to do that?" Bakugo asked.

"Just try." Todoroki said slowly.

Bakugo turned to Izuku, "Okay? WAKE UP DEKU!"

Bakugo's voice shook the room a little, but Izuku still gave no response. Bakugo understood what everyone was so down about now. That would have woken up anyone, and everyone, in the building.

"What the h*ll." Bakugo muttered, he didn't gain the same worried expression as everyone else though.

Bakugo stepped back, looking towards the dorm's hallway. A quiet ringing sound could be heard. That would be Izuku's alarm.

Izuku closed his eyes fully, scrunching his nose up. That was the first time he'd moved in the last 4 hours. Bakugo watched, the class hadn't noticed yet. Izuku grabbed his head with one hand and sat up.

"What the heck happened? My head..." Izuku groaned.

The class started in shock, with both worry and relief for Izuku. Izuku looked around at all the surprised faces with confusion. Then at Bakugo, who had a frustrated look on his face, but there was a mild surprise in his eyes too.

"What's wrong, what happened?" Izuku asked the class.

Bakugo was the first to break the silence, "You went brain dead for a while. Everyone was was f***ing worried about you or something."

"I what!?" Izuku yelped.

Todoroki spoke up next, "We don't know what happened, you just wouldn't wake up."

The class was returning to its normal accord, while Todoroki finished explaining to Izuku.

"I probably fell asleep and was dead tired, since I don't remember what I was doing too well." Izuku agreed. "Sorry to make you all worry."

Bakugo sat at the table eating breakfast now, everyone helping with preparations. Todoroki and Izuku also sat down after grabbing their food. The class chatted and laughed as they normally would. The earlier events of the morning seemed to be forgotten. Bakugo and Todoroki caught each other's eyes, both knew better than to forget though. They both suspected something was wrong, both were curious about what had really happened. Was Izuku hiding something?