The Second Midoriya

Chapter 44: Apologies Made

Mixed thoughts and feelings ran through your head as you stood face to face with your bicolor haired friend. Though unlike before, he seemed different, his eyes seem to gleam more and his aura around him was nothing like back at the festival.

With him suddenly popping up out of the blue, your worry and annoyance to Gensui litteraly flew out the window.

"S-Shoto..?" You finally stuttered out, feeling the weight on you chest lighten from talking to him. "I wanted to talk to you about.." His voice trailed off before he could finish his sentence and with that you understood what he meant but before you can reply yoou noticed the eyes of the bystanders on you.

Not only is one of the students of UA from the sport festival, who won second place, is in a hospital in public but also someone who ressemble the Shōtō's opponent is openly speaking to him. Feeling a bit nervous under the eyes of many, your words were stuck in your throat. "W-Well.. Uh..C-Can we take this..." You fumble with your hands as you tried to tell Shōtō if you could take the talk outside, but it seems like nervousness runs in the family.

Shōtō caught on on what you meant and gave curt nod leading you both out the front door.

But by then Gensui and his doctor entered the large room. "Ms. Midoriya?" the doctor called out for you looking around the room.

"Uh.. Ms Midoriya left with Mr. Todoroki, Doctor..." the receptionist spoke up looking from the entrance to the two new arrival.

"What!?" Gensui pale ghostly white while the laugh huff in amussement.

"Well, you know what that means!" The Doctor humorously say before pulling the dark haired male back down the loby.

"NOO!!!" Gensui's agonizing wail never reached your ears outside the walls of the hospital.

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Walking down the streets side by side you and Shōtō were silent. The awkwardness of your encounter tugged you on ends, you don't know with Shōtō as the boy barely reacts unnecessarily, for once the lack of his expressions bothered you.

'What do I say...? This is more awkward than back at the hospital..!'

"(Y/N)."

"Y-Yes!?" You squeaked stiffening when he suddenly spoke up.

"I wanted to apologies for what happened during the sports festival." He started with an apologetic face that made you smile. "Ah.. Its fine really..!—"

"I didn't mean to cause you harm, I was unaware of your sickness and acted selfishly as if I was the only one in pain."

"Wait.. how did you know I am sick..?" You looked like a deer in headlights when he said that. This time you had no idea how he found out about that, you were so sure to make your sickness a highly classified matter, the only ones you even allow to know about this was the people in your work and Katsuki who was very pushy of the matter.

"Katsuki...spoke about it while he was shouting at me when he found out I injured you..."

You sighed when you heard that running a hand through your hair. "Look, Shōtō.. the topic of me being sick shouldn't be a bother to you."

"Why not?"

"Well.."

"Why won't you let us know that you are hurting? We could help tae care of you..." Shōtō scrunched his brow with confusion as you fumbled with your words.

"Well, you see... It's just that... Everybody is busy and working hard... I don't want them to be distracted and worried about me constantly. Besides it's not that bad, I am just a bit sensitive with temprature, that's all!" You assured him.