Slowly Bed Ridden

»Hanahaki?«

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Kirishima stared at his closed phone, the darkness around his room consumed him. The curtains closed, a box of tissues beside him as he tugged one out and wiped the blood off his lips, another petal fell.

He opened his phone and scolded through his contacts at one phone number. Eijirou remembered what his mother told him before he went to U.A...

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"Kirishima darling!" A woman that seems to be the redheads' mother rushed over to him, Eijirou turned and smiled at her, "what is it ma?" She halted in front of him and gave him a small piece of paper, "This is our private doctor Mrs. Kuso, call her number whenever you're feeling uneasy or sick! She can give you answers with precise accuracy!"

Eijirou took the piece of paper, "Alright, thanks!" his mother stood on her tiptoes and gave him a small kiss on the cheek, "be careful! Take care of yourself, sweetie!" The redhead turned and gave his mothers a wave as he sped off to the train station heading to U.A.

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The crimson boy fiddled with his hair, his heart rapidly started beating his finger quivering as he clicked facetime.

"It's late" the girl on the other side rubbed her eyes gritting her teeth as she took another look at Kirishima. The redhead exhaled and looked to the side, fixing the headphones he has on, "sorry Mrs. Kuso... It's just-"

He looked to the side pulling the pillow closer to his chest, fiddling the pile beside him of petals he gathered up.

Kirishima hesitated on continuing his sentence, he bit his lip as he cleared his throat, "its an emergency... My head feels like it's gonna explode cause it aches so much, I was thinking if maybe if you could help"

Mrs. Kuso gave Kirishima a blank stare, she gave in and sighed scratching the back of her neck, "sh!t... I can't just push this aside..." she looked up pushing her glasses out of the way as she rubbed her eyes. She murmured to herself and cleared her throat, "alright then, I'll check you out, come to my office at 5 am, don't be late" she spoke quite hastily seeming like she was in a rush, "you should already know where my office cause Mrs. Kirishima must have given it to you before you went to U.A."

Just before the redhead could thank the girl, she had ended the call before he could say a word. He glanced at the time on his screen that read; 4 am. He only has a small amount of time to rest and-

Kirishima gagged, his phone slipped from his hands as he clamped his mouth shut. Tears forced their way out as he started coughing.

One. Five. Seven. Ten.

Petals forced their way out slipping through his fingers, he rushed to the bathroom and stumbled down on his knees.

Ten. Thirteen. Sixteen. Twenty.

Petals spewed out of his mouth and into the toilet, all of the petals there was mixed with blood. All of the Petals seemed red. The toilet water was a light red as the blood started spreading. Kirishima's eyes are already filled with tears, blurring out his vision as they fell into the toilet with the remaining petals. He spat out the last few and hit his head purposely on the toilet seat, contemplating. I wasn't letting out this much before, it's only just a couple of them each minute or so.

Kirishima clenched his shirt, his throat felt as though needles were repeatedly poking his insides of his mouth. His throat felt dry and he felt as though he wanted to rip it open some how. Eijirou itched his neck and slowly felt a bit better, he wiped the tears from his eyes and sneezed once or twice.

He should rest— thump!

A loud thud was heard outside of Kirishima's door, he tended up as he pressed his back against the wall. He peeked out the bathroom and took a look at the doorknob.

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No sound. No shadow. The hallway lights are still on. His pillow still laying near the door along with the pile of petals and a tissue box.

Kirishima exhaled and thought it was just Denki upstairs who tripped- hanging out with Satou, Jirou and Sero- also maybe Yaoyorozu and Aoyama, maybe Bakugou went over too! Maybe the whole class is hanging out. The redhead gradually dropped to his hands and knees, letting his head drop on the floor. His fingers brushing against the door frame lightly, he inhaled then-

Cried.

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6 hours earlier...

"Give him some space, we need to talk," Esther let go of Bakugou's wrist, "if you want to help the redhead." Esther plopped down on one of the couches pinching the bridge of his nose then sighing, turning to look back up at Katsuki, "but first, can someone grab one of the petals?"

Ashido, who was close to the trail picked a few up and walked to Esther, placing them on his hands, "what is Hanahaki? What does it have to do with these petals?" Mina intertwined her fingers, her eyebrows furrowed in worry for her friend.

Esther examined the petals, all of them were half white and half red. He took one of them and lifted it up, moving it around and left the half white and half red petals on over top of someone's face, "Todoroki is it?" The silver haired boy put the petal back on his hand. Everyone turned their attention to Shoto- who was trying to eat his soba in peace on a nearby table, "mhm" he mumbled finishing the last few things in his bowl, "what is it?" Before Esther can reply Bakugou stomped over to Todoroki and lifted him up by the collar, "do you have something to do with Kirishima?! Did you do this?!"

"I didn't do any of the sort-" Todoroki stated sternly.

"Don't fucking lie to me half n' half!" Bakugou's eyes were looking up, since the half and half boy was a bit taller then him. Todoroki shoved Bakugou away from him, "I didn't do anything to Kirishima" this was the first time that everyone saw Todoroki angry in a long time, Yaoyorozu and Deku approached Todoroki and told him to calm and the whole Bakusquad- Mina, Sero and Kaminari tried stopping Bakugou for charging at Shoto. Sero wrapped tape around Bakugou's arms, Mina tring to act as a border in between them pushing Bakugou back, as Kaminari is suffering, wrapping his arms around Katsuki's legs preventing him from taking one step. Katsuki shouted at Todoroki, all the commotion caused from Bakugou got the rest of the class trying to stop him, "you fucking did it!—"

Midoriya insisted, "K-Kacchan!! C-Calm down! Let Esther-Kun explain—"

"Shut it Deku!!" Bakugou's hands started sparking up, the tiny explosions turning to so mediocre ones.

"Bakugou! Listen to Midoriya!"

"I won't listen to SHIT!"

Esther raised his hand, everyone silent and looking over at him. Bakugou stumbled and fell down, Sero took this as an advantage and wrapped his wrists together with tape and his ankles. The raven haired boy also tried taping Bakugou's waist to the floor as Kaminari and Mina sat on Bakugou's back.

"You mother fuckers!! Get off—" Sero slapped a piece a tape over Bakugou's mouth and everything was silent. Todoroki was moved away from Bakugou by Midoriya and everyone watched Esther.

The silver-haired boy let out a sigh ripping a petal in half, a white and red color was in the middle, "Bakugou, calm down, Todoroki isn't in a huge part of this" Katsuki noticed the white and red color in between resembling the color of Shoto's hair color, starting to turn into a liquid as it starts dripping from the tips of the petal. Esther sighed twisting his head to the side and then scowled, "this Hanahaki is difficult," he announced, "I've never seen one like this, I've learned that all Hanahaki stages, and I know that Hanahaki loves to lie... but..."

Yaoyorozu approached him, "can I take a look? I think I remember a friend of mine getting this disease" Esther gladly gave her one as she examined it, "MoMo Yaoyorozu is it?" He smiled, "I've heard you're a smart one, but one thing to mention, it's not a disease, it's a deadly disorder"

Dead silence. Around the entire lobby,

Bakugou clenched his fist as his hands sparked up. He started yelling through the tape and everyone looked at Bakugou, no one knew what he was saying through the tape so Uraraka suggested if they could take it off-

"No way! He's just gonna rage again!" Kaminari refused as he added more weight on Katsuki's back keeping him still. Mina thought for a moment and lightened up on the blond's lower back, "but what do you think he's trying to say?" She crossed her arms, "can't you see Bakugou's eyes?"

"Who the hell cares about his eyes!!" Kaminari exclaimed pushing Mina down on Katsuki's back, "don't move! He's gonna go on a rampage again!"

Bakugou started yelling louder through the tape, his legs trying to lift himself up,

"Guys look at Bakugou! I think you're putting to much weight on his back!" Uraraka mentioned pointing at the yelling Pomeranian.

"Just leave him there" Tokoyami said emotionlessly, Todoroki agreed.

Deku held his hands together, "u-Uhm! Maybe K-Kacchan can't breathe!" He held his upper arms keeping them from quivering. Esther looked up watching the classmates arguing, Yaoyorozu with the same reaction as the silver-haired boy.

The shock in their faces, they noticed?

The golden mist around the lobby, drifting everywhere.

"W-What type of Hanahaki is this..?!" Esther stared dead eyed at the ripped petal, all of the white and red liquid disappeared, "I-Is the cause of the mist from the petal?"

This Hanahaki is dangerous... not only for Kirishima but for everybody, this mist... is from the ripped petal. The liquid must've evaporated and created this powerful mist, but how come I'm not affected with MoMo? How come me and Yaoyorozu can see it? What is this...

No... it can't be...

Yaoyorozu saw the utter horror in Esthers eyes, his fingers shivering with the torn petal. She swallowed, "E-Esther-Sama? What's wrong?"

The yelling the background overlapped MoMo's sentence, but the silver-haired boy could hear it, just a bit.

"Back off! Just keep him here!" Todoroki shoved Uraraka, the brunette girl's face changed and she shoved Shoto back, "what the hell?! Just get off of Bakugou already! Just let him say what he has to say!" Deku tried stopping this, he stood in the middle putting his hands out to each of them, "guys calm down!—"

"How can I calm down when Todoroki fricking shoved me!!"

"Keep your cool Uraraka!" Midoryia placed his hands on Uraraka's shoulders and moved her away from Todoroki, "we're doing this for Kirishima" he said calmly. The yelling slowly was silenced (With Bakugou too) and Midoriya sighed, "let's see what Esther what has to say—"

"You all need stay in your dorms" Esther stood up taking the petal from Yaoyorozu and putting them in a container that the Vitiligo gave to him, "whoever had contact with Kirishima; all of you, has to stay in their dorms for 48 hours"

Izuku questioned, "but Esther-Senpai what about our classes?—"

"I'll tell Mr. Aizawa about it, but right now, everyone has inhaled something dangerous" he took his bag and put the container inside it, "but right now- you all have to distance yourselves, make sure you have enough of food and water to go through the 2 days" Esther turned to the class, "I'll be taking care of Kirishima, you don't have to worry" he put in a smile and took a look at Bakugou. He sighed walking over to him, he kneeled down to him and ripped the tape off of his mouth, "you were saying?"

Bakugou gave Esther a side eye, " 'I've never seen one like this, I've learned that all Hanahaki stages loves to lie... but...' ?" Bakugou growled, "but what?! You didn't finish your fucking sentence idiot!!"

Esther was silent until he chuckled, "wow you're the Feisty one" he gave him a smile, "I've never seen Hanahaki like what Kirishima has, other civilians Hanahaki is natural" he cleared his throat, "b-but this Hanahaki that your redhead has isn't natural... it's from a quirk" he raised his hand to the others, "but there is no need to panic, I've created many cures for Hanahaki" he reassured the class, "all it takes is time." His voice lowered in volume, Esther was honestly unsure of all of this but he had to keep his cool. He swallowed the lump in his throat and continued, "I'm sorry I have to say this but- you have to keep your distance from that redhead. Just about 5-6 metres or so." Esther stood up and smiled at everyone, "right now everyone has to go to quarantine in this dorm, you'll have 4 hours to collect your supplies and if you have any assignments that is an option too."

Silence filled the air once again, like it was part of the little atoms of oxygen. The class was in worry, even the vitiligo; Sasha, seemed worried too. 

"Bakugou, you don't have to give Kirishima the medicine anymore, I can inform Recovery Girl of the chance," Esther added crossing his arms.

Bakugou sighed and pushed Kaminari off his back, Mina stood right up and helped get the tape off Bakugou's wrists and backed away from him as soon as she was finished. Ashido was astonished that Bakugou was incredibly calm- for the most parts... The blond shoved his hands in his pockets as he walked away from the crowd, every eye following the Pomeranian. Everyone watched as he walked to the doors leading to the steps and opened it. Bakugou hesitated until he sighed and entered the stairways, the door slamming behind him leaving everyone again to silence.

Tokoyami, Todoroki, Aoyama and Sato moved too. They said their byes' and took the elevator, few by few the class departed slowly leaving Sasha and Esther there.

The silver haired boy sighed, "we need to head back now-"

He felt himself fall over and crash against a couch, the back of his head wet with water. Esther instantly knew who is was, he stood up and spun over behind him, "INDIO! ISSAC!"

The twins- that came out of nowhere started laughing on the ground, the vitiligo grunting as she picked them both up by their back collars, "you guys! This isn't the time!" Sasha's eyes flashed along with the marks around her body as the twins rapidly fell weak and soon fell asleep. The vitiligo turned to Esther, "I'm sorry Esther-Kun! I didn't notice them"

"It's fine" The silver-haired boy brushed all the balloon parts off his head and shoved them in his bag not wanting the dormitories to be a mess, "lets go back to the lab, I'll have to do some research" Sasha nodded and followed Esther out the dormitories dragging Indigo and Issac along with.

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When Bakugou left the lobby, the door separating the staircases with the lobby slammed shut. There was no other sound. The blond pressed his back against the door, his head lifted up overlooking the rows and rows of stairs. His hair out of his way, his arms feeling empty, his heart feeling cold. 

Bakugou pushed himself up and placed a hand on the railings, he took step after step heading up the stairs. He kept going until he reached the 4th floor door. He quietly shoved the door open, his legs felt weak, Katsuki felt as though the life was drained out of him completely. Even if that was the case, he lifted his feet taking slow steps. Whats wrong with him? Wasn't he supposed to be the Bakugou everyone knows? The loud, arrogant, self-confident, guy? The blond trudged on, until he reached the redheads door. He could hear the tap running, Bakugou thought that Kirishima was trying to relive himself. He doesn't need me anymore does he? Katsuki pressed his back against Eijirou's door and dropped down on the floor making a loud thud, he heard the water tap being turned off. No other sound.

The light flickering then continues to light the hallway, even though the lights is still shining, he could feel as though the light of his world gone. Well it is gone, Bakugou thought to himself, he put a hand over his eye.

Sh!t... its just this again. He'll come back! He will... 

Bakugou placed his hand on the door.

Tears falling down.

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To not be continued :)