The Strange Ones || MHA AU ||

Chapter 30 - Sick again

|Gore, disgusting things|

Third Person POV:

"Touya!" Keigo says, jumping off the couch and running towards the sleeping boy. "Oh my god, what happened?"

Enji sets Touya on the couch for him to rest. "He used his power and burned himself." Natsuo explains. Keigo kneels on the ground next to Touya. The blonde strokes his boyfriend's hair gently while everyone goes over to the table. They had gotten rid of the oxygen mask, setting it aside for the next time it needs to be used.

Shoto sweeps the map aside. "Okay, we did that." Ochako says a little in disbelief.

Eijiro jumps out of the kitchen and hugs Katsuki while smiling. He whispers something in Katsuki ear and Katsuki nods. They both walk into the kitchen. Denki elbows Hitoshi and mouths Their totally making out. His boyfriend rolls his eyes.

"We need to find where the robot is and remove it now." Natsuo says. "Otherwise that man can still control him." Everyone nods.

Izuku holds his two pointer fingers to his temples and sighs, he was feeling very fatigued. "So how do we get the device off?" Hitoshi questions.

"Izuku only got Keigo's off because he was in pain and Izuku just pulled it off." He rubbed the back of his neck and smiled nervously. "And Keigo didn't have it on him for that long. From what we saw, the robot was slowly digging farther into him. We need to get it off him as quickly as possible, but how?"

Everyone turned to Touya, who was still fast asleep.

Enji crosses his arms. "Whatever you have to do, do it, and then this nightmare will be over." He says. Fuyumi nods in agreement.

Keigo's wings suddenly dispersed into singular feathers before returning back to wings. He stood up and looked over at them. "Well? What do we have to do?" He asks.

"It's obvious." Eijiro says. They all turn to him and see he was coming out of the city with Katsuki. "Shoto's other brother is becoming a doctor, right? Can't he just call a doctor friend to help?" Katsuki places a large plate of sliced up apples drizzled with syrups.

Izuku stood up and went into the kitchen. Shoto gaze followed the greenette until the boy went out of view and he sighed.

Fuyumi turned to her brother. "Can you do that?" She asks.

Natsuo slightly nods and leaves the room to make a call. Shoto stands up and starts walking to the kitchen. When he enters, he sees Izuku with his hand clutching the counter.

"Izuku?" Shoto says. The greenette turns to him and glares. The peppermint boy stepped farther into the kitchen. "What's wrong with you today?" He says and frowns.

Izuku sneers at him. "Why don't you just leave me alone? Are you that needy?" He taunted. Shoto's face twisted in surprise. He steps forward again, reaching out to him, but Izuku smacks his hand away.

Izuku lets go of the counter and collapses onto the ground. "Izuku!" Shoto says and quickly crouches next to him. "What's wrong?"

The boy was red in the face and was sweating profusely. "I-I'm fine. Leave me alone." He says. But you're not fine. Shoto thought. He pressed his right hand against Izuku's forehead, and immediately pulled it back. He was boiling hot. Shoto covered his hand in frost and placed it on Izuku's forehead again. The sick boy tried weakly to pull the hand away.

"Izuku, your not alright. Let me help you." Shoto says gently. "You're sick. Did you eat something?"

His boyfriend went quiet. Shoto created more frost. Izuku's head turns to him. "It's all your fault." He whispers angrily. "If you were faster, he wouldn't have done that."

Shoto frowns. "You're not thinking straight right now, Izuku." He says. "You wouldn't be telling me this." Izuku blinks slowly.. before passing out. Shoto frowns. Who was he? Shoto thought and rubbed the back of the greenette's neck. He felt a small bump and froze. Sh*t. He thought and pulled Izuku's head forward.

The robot was barely visible. Only a small part of its back was above Izuku's skin. Shoto gasped. Why didn't he check Izuku before? This was bad. Very bad. He almost threw up when he saw the robot wiggle a bit below the few layers of skin.

"So this was why you were acting so weird." Shoto asks. He taps the robot slightly, and Izuku lets out a choked gasp. "Izuku?" The boy doesn't respond. The robot digs just a little farther down, but enough to make Shoto gag.

A slam from the other room jolts Shoto from his thoughts. "Guys, I got a surgeon!" He hears Natsuo say.

"Someone, I need help!" Shoto yells.

Fuyumi opens the door and gasps. "Oh no.." She whispers. She rushes up to Shoto and helps him sit Izuku up. "What's wrong? Is he sick?" She asks.

Shoto shakes his head. "No, it's even worse." He says. "I didn't even think to check Izuku for a disc robot." Fuyumi gasps. "It's worse than Touya's, look." He shows Fuyumi how far the disc was in Izuku's skin.

"Natsuo!!!" Fuyumi yells. "Natsuo, come here!!"

He immediately burst into the room. "Oh sh*t." He says. "Amajiki can't get here for a few hours."

Shoto gritted his teeth. "We don't have a few hours. This thing is going to be impossible to get out of him by then." He growls. "Then we won't be able to help him. And he's going to be in someones control."

While the Todoroki siblings were talking, Izuku was growing hotter by the second, and his breathing was growing louder. His eyes open slightly and he tugged on Shoto's sleeve weakly. "It hurts.." He says faintly. Shoto immediately turns to him with his signature 'I'm worried for my boyfriend' face. "I'm sorry.. shouldn't have said.."

"Shush.. It's fine." Shoto assures him. "You're just a little upset, I get it." Izuku blinked like his eyelids weighed tons.

Natsuo leaves the room to make another call. Fuyumi goes to get some ice packs and medicine. Izuku quietly laughed a little deliriously. Shoto creates more frost on his hand with a confused frown.

"You're cute when you're worried." Izuku says in his feverish state.

Shoto sighed. "How about you go to sleep? I'll be here when you wake up." Halfway through the sentence, Izuku was already asleep. Shoto smiled. Fuyumi came back and the two applied the ice packs.

"Let's get him to bed." Fuyumi says as she places her hand on Shoto's shoulder. The white and red haired boy nods, and picks the greenette up. Even in his arms the boy felt incredibly warm.

They leave the kitchen and Shoto goes up to Izuku's room, Fuyumi answering any questions anyone asks.

Shoto lays Izuku down on his bed. He checks the disc one last time to see it in the same position as before. He sighs and goes down stairs.

<^> To Be Continued

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