It's Your Duty (OC reader X Iida Tenya)

Just Here to Help

Here's your smutt.

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    The next day Hiroshi woke up late in the morning. He had stained his pillow with a large pool of blood from his nose during his sleep and he was dizzier than ever. He had missed the Provisional License Exam. "Who cares, I won't even be allowed to be a hero" he sighed thinking about the Daxue and his family. His body was numb and heavy, but nonetheless he went about his daily routine. He took a shower, he dressed and even went by Recovery Girl's office to update her. "I told you to go to the blond you beat up" she seemed to let go of her sweet old lady personality when it came to Hiroshi. "What? If Iida rejected me, just imagine what Bakugo would have done to me? I'd be dead by now" he spoke quietly, he tried his best to seem fine, not to fool Recovery Girl but to fool himself. "So, I'm seeing a lot of red flags regarding to the depression situation... your eyes are red. Your hair's a mess and you look very pale. Have you eaten?" The woman placed a hand on the boy's forehead and shook her head when she felt the fever still going strong. "I tried to, but I almost barfed" he answered tiredly as if he had already surrendered. "Drink something then, something sugary like juice" She adviced looking at a list of symptoms and crossing them out.

"Nausea?" "Yep"
"headache?" "Aye ma'am"
"blurry vision?" "Sorta"
"tiredness?" "Oui oui"
"Insomnia?" "Sí"
"How about nose bleeds?" "A loooooot"

    This alarmed the nurse significantly. "Hotel? Trivago" Hiroshi joked but her serious face didn't waver. "How much?" Hiroshi took his time to think about it. "If you combine them you'd get about a glass' worth" he said confidently. Recovery Girl paled "When was the last time" she immediately hurried around the office pulling a small metal tub from a closet and picking up the phone, typing some number. "Uhh I woke up, half my pillow was drenched" he explained. "Yes, I need five bags of ice at the nurse's office a soon as you can" she spoke into the phone then looked apologetically at him. "We have to get that fever down".

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    Hell, he was in hell. "Hold him! I'm gonna get a tranquilizer" Recovery Girl ordered as Midnight and one of her students struggled to keep Hiroshi in the ice tub. He had changed halfway into his beast form and was completely out of control. His body said cold meant death, so his body did all it could to get out. "Aaaagh! Stop!" She cried out lashing at the student. "Here!" Recovery Girl quickly stabbed the needle on the boy's arm and stepped back as the fur, claws and tail dissipated. Hiroshi then relaxed into the ice, half unconscious but still muttering for help. "Are you sure this is good for him? Isn't he gonna get hypothermia?" Midnight asked letting go and placing a hand on her hip. "Just look at him, the ice is literally melting on his skin already" It was true. Hiroshi stayed under Recovery Girl's watch until later in the evening.

    While he was sitting in the ice, Hiroshi's mind went back to the night before. He relished upon the look on Iida's face he when gulped at seeing him half naked. He remembered touching up his chest and bringing their lips together. The way he had melted into it was so hot. At the same time, Recovery Girl panicked as the ice practically evaporated around Hiroshi and called for more. Then he dwelled on the rejection and suddenly he went as cold as the ice itself. His brows furrowed up in disgust with himself. "I cannot do this!" "It's unethical!" "We just met each other" Iida's words taunted him in his sleep. For him it all just translated to "You're not enough. You failed" Hiroshi started to agree with that part of his mind.

    "No no no. Snap out of it! Hiroshi!" He suddenly jolted awake at the sound of Recovery Girl's voice. He was back in his room, tucked warmly into his futon with a fresh clean pillow. "After a while, your temperature dropped. You almost slipped away, thank god I got you out in time" she seemed pleased "Your temperature is normal now" she reassured and placed a cup of water by his side. "Unless Iida changes his mind. Try not to talk to him until you recover. It will make it worse if you're near him" She explained. Hiroshi nodded and grimaced as he heard his classmates arriving after their exams. "I'll be going now... please take of yourself" she said softly and went out the door. Hiroshi heard as the other students greeted her in slight confusion at the common area.