Drowning. (Shoto Todoroki x OC)

Someone Get a Doctor in Here

"If it wasn't for Mizuko, we'd all be dead right now!"

That was the first thing Mizuko heard as she opened her eyes. The last thing she remembered was being grabbed by a winged Nomu. As an unfamiliar voice was lecturing, Mizuko realized where she was. She was at another hospital. She wasn't dead. She could smell the antiseptic and hear the beeping of a monitor.

She carefully tried to use her arm to prop herself up in the hospital bed. but a shot of pain went up her shoulder and she lightly fell back down into her bed.

"Shirakumo! You're awake!" She heard Deku yell.

"Has anyone ever said how loud you are?! Gosh I'm still just waking up and my shoulders are killing me." She whined as she glanced at her shoulders. She saw they were wrapped in bandages. Not just that, her arms had small bandages where she must've been cut from Stain.

Mizuko tried to sit back up but she was flung up by someone else. She felt arms wrap around her waist and pull her up. She looked up and saw it was Shoto. She looked up and him and blushed. She wrapped her arms around him back in a hug.

"I'm so glad you're okay, Mizuko" His whisper made her spine shiver.

A cough disrupted their moment. Shoto sat down on the next to her in her hospital bed as she leaned against him.

"I was just reminding you young future heroes that unless you have a license, it's illegal to use your quirk to harm others. Endeavor will be taking credit but I do thank you for your bravery Miss Shirakumo." The Hosu police chief summarized his speech from earlier for her.

He, Gran Torino, and Manual left the room and the three guys and Shirakumo remained in the hospital room. Shirakumo bit her lip as she knew she wasn't going to like the answer her question.

"What happened to me after the Nomu grabbed me?" She gripped her hospital bed sheet hard in her hand.

Shoto grabbed her hand as Deku and Iida looked away from her. They couldn't face her as they felt guilty for not doing anything.

"Once the Nomu grabbed you, Stain actually was somehow able to break free of the rope. He was able to kill the Nomu but the Nomu let go of you while in the sky.. we thought you were going to fall to your death until Endeavor flew up and caught you. They had to give you several units of blood and suture you up... they said if Todoroki didn't close up your wounds earlier.. it could've been a lot worse..." Deku was in tears as Shoto gripped her hand harder. Tears didn't roll down Shoto's face, he couldn't remember when he cried last. He buried away his tears a long time ago but he was close when he saw her body free-falling in the sky.

"It's okay, Midoriya. I'm okay and I'm here to talk about it. Just some scars I'm sure but what hero doesn't have any? But it seems like I owe you as always, Shoto. Oh I bet I'm going to get an earful from Endeavor later." Mizuko put on a smile for her friends. They felt guilty for her almost dying. They looked at her smiling face like she was crazy.

What they didn't know was that was smile was a facade for feeling scared that she almost died. She didn't want to trouble them anymore. She tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear as she continued to fake smile.

"Mizuko, it's okay to be not be okay. You don't owe me anything. Just you being alive with me is enough." Shoto said as he grabbed the piece of hair she tucked away. He had observed her enough to know that she tucks her hair behind her ear when she's nervous. Mizuko's face turned pink.

Mizuko was about to speak but the hospital door slammed open. The temperature in the room skyrocketed as Endeavor marched in there. Iida and Deku made a scared face at the intimidating man who was towering down at the four.