Dancing Shadows

Chapter Thirty-Six

Bakugou's POV-
   A few weeks after our work study, things are back to normal. I'm right back to training and studying to become the best. That's why even on a Friday, I wake up to the sound of my alarm telling me that it's time to get up and train.

   The ringing sound makes my head pound so I quickly turn the alarm off. Unfortunately, it does nearly nothing to help. That's when I notice my throat is scratchy and my nose is stuffy. I step out of bed and immediately feel nauseous and dizzy all at once.

   "What the actual fuck is wrong with me?" I think to myself as I walk over to my dresser, throw on some gym clothes, and head out the door to go train.

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   An hour later, I feel even more like shit. I stumble back into my room about an hour before I'm supposed to be in class. I feel like I'm freezing, so I decide to take a hot shower. I take off my gym clothes, turn the hot water on, and step into the shower.

   After a few minutes, I start to feel lightheaded. Fucking weak. Eventually, the fog in my head becomes too overwhelming. I slide down to the floor of the shower, my eyes close, and my consciousness slowly slips out of my grasp as hot water continues to beat down on me.

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Ellowyn's POV-
   Once I finish getting ready for the day, I call Katsuki. We are supposed to be eating breakfast together before heading to class. Surprisingly, he doesn't answer. It's super unlike him, but I try to brush it off. I'd decide to just head up to his room and see if he's there.

   I knock on his door five times and there's no answer. Yet again, incredibly unlike him. While I don't want to invade his privacy, I'm really getting worried now. I open his door and step inside his room to hear his shower running. I sigh in relief. He must just be running late, which is still unlike him, but at least he's okay.

   I decide to let him know I'm here so I knock on the bathroom door. No response. I knock louder than before and still nothing. I continue to bang on the door, really not wanting to just barge in, but I'm extremely concerned at this point.

   I open the door just a crack and call his name. He doesn't respond. I open the door completely and quickly walk over to the shower once I see him passed out and shivering on the floor. I quickly turn off the now cold water, cover him with a towel before I see too much, and press the back of my hand to his forehead. He defenitely has a fever. He must be sick.

   On the verge of a panic attack, I to pull out my phone so I can call someone. That's when Katsuki's eyes flutter open and I let out a sigh of relief. He looks confused at first and starts to sit up in the tub when he realizes he wearing only a towel and his entire face turns a bright shade of red. "Cherry! What the fuck are you doing here?"

   I can't help but scoff as I reply, "I'm in here apparently making sure you don't drown in the tub. What are you doing in here? What happened?"

   "I-I don't fucking know. I just felt cold, so I decided to take a hot shower and then I felt lightheaded, and then I woke up."

   I sigh in frustration as I ask him, "How long have you felt unwell?"

   "I woke up with a headache...and a sore throat...and a stuffy nose....look, I didn't really have the fucking time to deal with it." He mutters.

   "Katsuki, no one ever has time to be sick-"

   "I don't fucking get sick." He says as he slowly stands up in the tub while wrapping the towel around his waist.

   "Well, you do today."

   "I don't have the fucking time for this. I need to go to class." He tells me as he steps out of the tub. Just as he's walking towards me, he loses his balance and sways so much that I have to catch him before he falls over.