change of plans || todoroki shouto x reader

chapter twenty-eight

"good morning!"

hawks comes in and greets her after seeing that she was awake. "i've got breakfast!" he says while slightly waving a small bento box. "i figured that you wouldn't want to eat the hospital food."

it was the day after the incident and she was staying at a private room in hosu general hospital. last night's incident resulted with a comminuted fracture on [name]'s ulna that needed a minor surgery before recovery girl could heal it up. her legs and ribs were affected with greenstick fractures that were immediately fixed up and now just a little sore.

hawks fixes up the collapsible table on top of the bed and spreads out the bento box.

"you made this?" [name] asks.

"yeah! who else would have?" hawks says. it was cool seeing him in street clothes. it made him stand out less, and it felt like he was more of a person than a hero.

[name] shrugs. "i didn't really take you for someone who was the type to cook."

"hey, it doesn't matter who you are. everyone needs to learn how to cook. everybody gets hungry, you know," he chuckles. "it's just salmon, rice, and miso soup. there's some sliced fruit there too."

"thanks, hawks," [name] says. "thank you for the food," she says to herself before digging in.

"we're not on duty, you can just call me keigo," he smiles, resting his head on his palm.

"how was the surgery?" he asks. "sorry i couldn't be there when you woke up. i was caught up with the police. i was a bit concerned that you would be reprimanded for using your quirk quite recklessly in last night. thank god that they're honoring it as an emergency situation, so your license is bailing you out."

"oh, which reminds me," he says, digging into his pockets. "here's your phone and wallet," he continues, handing it to her.

79 unread text messages. 16 missed calls.

ah, i'll answer those later.

"thanks, again," [name] answers. "boy, you have a tendency to ramble, don't you? well, the surgery was fine. after you left i was pretty much unconscious the whole time and when i woke up i was too high on the surgery drugs to notice you weren't there and i just went to bed for the night."

"i already talked to tsuragamae-san earlier this morning," she continues. "he explained to me the situation with my friends. i'm not an actual eyewitness but since you told me all about what happened last night he gave me the witness talk."

"actually, if you wanna talk to your friends they're just a couple rooms over," keigo says. "but you have to finish your breakfast first."

[name] laughs a little at his kousuke-like remark, "okay."

...

[name] knocks on the door of the semi-private room. "hello? am i interrupting anything?"

iida seemed to be talking right before she went in. midoriya greets her. "[name]-san, you're covered in bandages! are you alright?!"