Ignorance Is Bliss.

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Hi Guys, It's Katie here and I've got a little one-shot for you all to read, hope you enjoy!

Cold, that is what Izuku feels now whenever he is alone in his bed. He misses the heat of his boyfriend lulling him to sleep on a nighttime and the cold that wakes him up on a morning. He lays in his bed, tossing and turning for hours on end until he finally gives up the fight for sleep and surrenders to the urge to tip-toe into Shoto's room and sleep in his bed. He walks to the door and quietly cracks it open, looking for anyone up past curfew and when seeing no one, creeps across from his room to Shoto's. Once at the door he reaches for the handle and tries to open the door only to discover that the door is locked. Izuku sighs and starts to turn around when he hears Shoto's door open "Hi Izuku." He hears Shoto's voice, raspy from sleep, behind him. Turning around to face him, face flushed, quietly whispering, "Hi Shoto... erm... w-would you m-mind if..." Before he can finish his sentence Shoto turns around, leaving to door wide open in a silent invitation. As he enters he can see Shoto already lying on the right side of the bed, the other side left for him. The room is dark, only illuminated by the soft lights from outside giving the room an ethereal glow.

Izuku gives a soft smile at his boyfriend who has his right arm tucked under his head and the left straight on the bed, a subtle way to tell Izuku that Shoto wants to cuddle. Quietly, he closes the door and locks it before making his way to the bed and collapsing on the side Shoto left open for him. Izuku instantly curls into his side, wrapping his arms around Shoto's chest while Shoto wraps his cooler right side over Izuku's shoulders and soon, both are drifting off into a comfortable sleep, calm within the others embrace.
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Todoroki slowly starts to stir in the dead of night, a headache pounding at his head. Steadily, he starts to move off the bed to get an aspirin from the bathroom, trying not to wake Izuku up. Once he has taken the medicine and was about to go back to be he notices Izuku's leg sticking out, of course, he would be active even in his sleep. in his sleep. Giving a loving sigh he goes over to tuck the stray leg back under the futon, only stopping when he notices a few red marks... lines on his boyfriend's thigh from where his shorts had ridden up. Gaping slightly at the new discovery of marks, he slowly lifts the shorts up further, careful not to wake Izuku up and is greeted with a criss-cross pattern of old pale scars and new red cuts.

He thought Izuku was doing better, he thought he was going to ask him for help if it ever came to this again, what about their promise? Tears welled up in Shoto's Heterochromic eyes at the fact the person he loved was suffering again and yet again, he couldn't do anything to help. Sobs started to creep up his throat and in a vain attempt to silence them, held a hand up to his mouth.

A whispered "Izuku" leaves his lips as his sobs stick in his throat making it hard to breathe around the misery. Crawling back into the bed, he collapses next to Izuku and holds him close, mouthing silent promises and broken words on his lover's shoulder. Tears wet Izuku's shirt as his shoulders shake gently, the movement slowly dragging the body next to him from sleep. "Sho-chan? What's the matter?" Izuku says gently, his voice groggy from sleep. "Izu... why didn't you tell me?" Voice hoarse from crying "I could have helped you..."
"What are you talking about? Told you what?" Izuku says, voice filled with concerned confusion. Slowly Todoroki runs a hand down to where he saw the fresh cuts and gently circles the area with his fingers. Realisation quickly dawns on Izuku's face as he swiftly sat up, legs swung over the side of the bed, elbows on his knees and his hands cradling his head. Todoroki instantly follows suit as Izuku's breathing starts to pick up, coming to rest at a kneel in-front of Izuku, a hand softly cupping his cheek.

"C'mon Izuku, breath like me, deep breath in, out, in, out. You can do it, love." Todoroki calmly coaches, his voice cutting sharply through Izuku's panic as his breathing slowly starts to slow. Once his breathing is more normal and the panic has receded slightly Todoroki softly says "I'll be right back, I'm going to get you a drink of water ok?" Not expecting an answer he rushes to the bathroom once again and grabs a glass of water and one dose of Izuku's anxiety medication and comes back through, kneeling in front of Izuku and gently handing him the glass and pill.