(Todoroki x Reader) Save Me

Chapter 15

(A/N: You might want to listen to the song 😊)

(NAME)'S POINT OF VIEW

"(Name) honey... Are you awake...?"

I can hear my mom's voice sounding so near to me. It was faint, I can barely hear it but I know very well that it is my mom's voice.

Slowly, I lift up my eyelids that somehow feel extremely heavy today.

The lights are blinding, they are too bright. However, after some time, I get used to it.

"Mom...?"

I force the voice to come out of my mouth. Beside me, my mom is holding my hand while sobbing quietly. She tries to hide it, but I can still hear her.

"Where am I...?"

I ask, a little confused at what has happened and why I am here. So far as I remember, I was with Shouto in my house. We were spending time together, talking, laughing, eating and everything else.

It was so fun...

So delightful...

But now I am lying on a hospital bed. I got dozens of wires attached to me and I am also being helped by an oxygen mask to breath. It is a little difficult to talk like this...

"We're in a hospital, honey... You fainted yesterday, remember...?"

The memories immediately strike my mind.

Ahh...

That's right...

That moment spent with Shouto happened a long time ago... So much time has passed since then.

But it feels like everything just happened yesterday.

Funny.

I must've been at the end of my life that I am reminiscing everything from the past. From the first moment I met with the man that I love.

"Why are you here, mom...?"

I ask again, now that everything has fallen into pieces. Yeah, I fainted yesterday, but I was in another ward and no one from my family members knew about my situation.

So how does mom ends up being here? And this is a different ward too.

"Your doctor called me last night, my dear... so I came..."

Mom answers me in between her tears while stroking my hair. She cries so much, her eyes are red and puffy. Somehow, I feel guilty for being the cause.

But now that I think about it, it makes sense.

My condition has worsened in the past few weeks. On Shouto's advice, I was admitted into the hospital and stayed for about a week. Now I'm here.

With my mom.

Then it means that I am dying, right...? Shouto?

"What's the matter, honey? Why didn't you tell me or Denki about this? Do you know how surprised we were when we got the news?"

I knew it. Mom would ask something like this.

She is such a good mom, such a kind woman...

I don't want to burden her more than I already had.

"I don't want you to worry about me, mom..."

Forcefully, I lift my arm to reach her cheek and wiped her tears. The smile never leaves my lips.

"I have been the biggest nuisance you ever had since I was born... I don't want to add more to that. I am not even your real daughter. I am an illegitimate child, born from that abusive father's mistake with another woman... Yet you still accepted me. You become my mom. It must've been hard for you, right? Mom?"