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Shoto accidentally gets hit with a quirk during training one day. They were having a joint training session with other classes and he wasn’t paying attention and then it hits him and immediately Shoto feels hot and his mind is all fuzzy and this itch under his skin is too much for him to handle.
He manages to keep it under control for just five minutes before he falls to his knees in front of everyone.
“Sensei!” The girl who accidentally hit him with her quirk calls Aizawa over and the others stop whatever they were doing.
“What happened?” He asks as he bends down and puts a hand on Shoto’s back but the younger hisses and swats his hand away because it burns.
“Sensei, I- accidentally hit Todoroki with my quirk…” she says with her voice small and eyes filled with worry.
Soon Shoto’s classmates that were on that ground practising come to circle around him.
“I don’t remember what your quirk was. Is it dangerous?” Momo asks, her calmness being the only good thing in this situation.
The girl blushes and looks at Shoto with red cheeks. Is she shy?
“It’s- it’s a love quirk…” she mutters and everyone goes silent for a second before the realisation hits them.
“It makes the person weak and unable to move unless their partner or someone they love is touching them or is in at least a five meter proximity to them.” She explains and even Shoto’s own classmates look at each other with their jaws hanging low and in Aizawa looks lost.
How the hell is he supposed to solve this problem?
“If someone else touches them then it causes immense pain as well like being burnt.” She says finally and all of them take a step back.
“Todoroki, are you okay?” Mina asks but she doesn’t take a step near him and just watches him grunt and groan on the ground with sweat beading on his forehead.
“D-do I look like…” he spits out and glares at her.
“Shouldn’t we ask Uraraka to move him somewhere with her quirk?” Tokoyami says and everyone nods their head.
“I will go and call her. She is probably training on the other ground with others.” Denki says and runs away fast to call her.
Shoto grunts and makes himself smaller by crouching all the way, folding his knees and pressing his thighs close to his chest because it fucking hurts and he can’t think or speak straight.
“I am really sorry I-“ the girl with the love quirk mumbles with her hands joined together.
“Is there something else we can do?” Aizawa asks and she shakes her head.
“No, the quirk takes at least an hour to wear off on its own.”
“Todoroki, can you handle it?” Aizawa asks and gets a pained whimper in return.
“C-can’t…” he tries to speak but it gets stuck in his throat like someone is choking him.
Shoto falls to his sheet and hugs himself close as he breaths through his mouth and closes his eyes with tears threatening to fall. Fuck, he needs his boyfriend. He needs Katsuki. But then everybody would know they are together and he had asked him to keep it a secret and not act in public no matter what.
Shoto starts crying after five minutes and his classmates and Aizawa have to just stand around him and watch him suffer in pain because of an accident and they can’t even touch him because it would hurt him more.
“Where the hell is Kaminari?” Aizawa mutters and then he regrets the idea of training together. The grounds were separated and he is not the fastest to run among them. Even Tenya is on the other ground.
“There he is!” Momo yells and points her finger in the direction.
At this point Shoto can’t breathe. He is huffing air out and grabbing dirt because his lungs feel like they will burst inside his chest.
“Todoroki-kun, try not to think too much of it. You are not actually choking, it is just an illusion. The more you think the more it will hurt and make you feel like your lungs are on fire.” The girl mumbles and Shoto would do it if he could at least hear her saying something.
But he can’t. He can’t hear anything. It’s like he is underwater and drowning and it is too much for him.
“What is Bakugou running here for?” Eijiro mumbles as he points into the direction and sees him with Denki and Ochaco.
Denki was only supposed to bring Ochaco and not the hothead like Katsuki who could make it worse for them and Shoto.
“You stupid extras!” Katsuki yells when he is close enough for them to hear and he closes the distance quickly.
Aizawa moves quickly and wraps him up in his scarf to keep him away from Shoto. This is not the right time for him to pick a fight.
“Bakugou, what the hell do you think you are doing?” Aizawa scolds and Katsuki glares at him.
“Sensei, let me go!” Katsuki groans and explodes his way out of his scarf and before anyone can figure out what is happening or Aizawa can catch him again.
He is bending down in front of Shoto and wrapping his arms around his shoulders to hold him up. Shoto visibly relaxes into his hold and gasps when he feels air filling his lungs and he can see and hear things again.
“Shit, Shou are you okay?” Katsuki asks and his voice is nothing like before and his own classmates think they are hallucinating.
Bakugou Katsuki is helping Shoto and he is talking softly and not just that. Shoto is not pushing him away and he is not in pain anymore. At least it looks like he is not in pain anymore.
“K-kats…” Shoto mumbles between tears and then he hugs him tightly. In front of everyone. Just like that.
“Ohh.” Momo mutters and looks at the expressions her friends have and all of them start talking in sign language because they don’t want to break this moment.
“What the hell did you do to him?” Katsuki yells again when he looks up at the girl who is the only one out of place so he figures it’s her quirk Denki was talking about.
“I-it was an accident…” she says and flinches back because of his voice. “But if he had a boyfriend, why didn’t you guys call him quickly?” He then looks at other students from his class and they go silent.
Shoto’s cries come to a silent sob and he finally breaks the hug and Katsuki wipes his tears away with the back of his hand.
“We had no idea.” Eijiro says and now Katsuki is angry for a different reason.
“You all got a problem with that?” He glares at him and they laugh awkwardly.
“Of course not. Why would we?” Mina mutters and looks away from them like she should not look at this interaction between them.
Who would have thought that out of everyone Shoto would be with Katsuki. And Katsuki would be capable of being soft…
No one. That’s why it was a rare one for them.
“Bakugou, take Todoroki back to the dorm and stay with him until the quirk wears off. The school’s about to end so I will let you off for today.” Aizawa says and Katsuki nods.
“Also…he should not be away from you till an hour because the symptoms will return.” She says and squirms away when Katsuki glares at her again.
“Whatever.” He grumbles and then does the most not so Katsuki move that it gags almost everyone.
Katsuki carries Shoto in his arms like he weighs nothing and Shoto lets himself be carried and hides his face into the crook of his neck with arms wrapped around his wide shoulders as Katsuki takes him out of the ground and everyone just stares at them with wide eyes and open mouths.
Katsuki brings Shoto to the dorms and puts him down on the sofa in the lobby before cupping his face.
“Does it hurt, princess?” He asks and Shoto shakes his head with a sniff.
“Not anymore. I am fine now.” Shoto says and grips Katsuki’s gym clothes even tighter, refusing to let go of him despite not feeling any pain now.
“I am right here, okay. Not going anywhere until this stupid quirk wears off.” Katsuki mutters and shifts closer to him and Shoto only hugs him again.
He needs to be close. He needs to be touching Katsuki right now and have him near. It’s not necessary to be completely touching but Shoto feels the urge to be as close to his boyfriend as he can. Maybe it is something about this quirk that girl did not tell them about. But whatever it is, he needs Katsuki.
Katsuki doesn’t complain instead he just moves them to lay down on the sofa and Shoto lies on top of him, his hands disappearing inside his shirt so he can feel his body heat and just lay there on his chest.
“You sure you’re okay, princess?” Katsuki asks again and Shoto just nods.
“Yeah, I just need to feel you and be close,” he mutters.
“Put your hands under my shirt, please…” Shoto mutters, more like he whines.
Katsuki chuckles a little but does what his boyfriend asks him to. He puts his hand under his shirt and starts stroking his back slowly until Shoto relaxes under the touch and finally closes his eyes.
It’s better like this. This is so much better.
“What if they find it weird now that they know we are together?” Shoto suddenly asks after a few minutes.
“Who the hell cares and I will make sure they keep their stupid opinions to themselves if they have a problem.” Katsuki groans and and Shoto just sighs with a small smile on his face.
It’s okay. He doesn’t have to worry about anything as long as Katsuki is with him to hide him from everything. Not that it matters to him what others might think but it still means a lot to Shoto.
So he just closes his eyes and listens to Katsuki’s heartbeat while both of them fall asleep in that position on the sofa with hands under each other’s shirt.
When others come back, they don’t make any noise. They are too scared to wake them up but also because they look cute sleeping on each other.
The girls even snap a few photos of them while giggling among each other and the boys just leave them be with small smiles on their faces.
It is Izuku who puts a blanket over them.
“Midoriya, you must have known, right?” Denki asks and throws an arm around his shoulder once he is done putting the blanket over them.
“Ahh,” Izuku laughs nervously but nods his head nonetheless.
“Really? You are a real one bro. Did not tell a soul. That’s so manly of you.” Eijiro laughs and pats him hard on the shoulder.
“Since when were they dating?” Mina suddenly asks and Izuku hesitates for a second.
“C’mon, we already know now so we will know when they wake up. But I am really curious.” She says and grins at him and suddenly he is surrounded by all of Katsuki’s squad members and Izuku feels like he is stuck between a bunch of gangsters.
“Ahh, like…a year.” He mutters and it makes all of them freeze.
“What?” They all say in unified shock and then their heads snap towards the two who wake up because of the scream and look into their direction.
“What the hell are you screaming for, extras?” Katsuki yells at them from the sofa.
“Bakugou, you damn sneak.” Mina shouts back and suddenly the whole dorm is filled with laughs and Katsuki yelling at them as always while answering all the questions and Shoto attached to his side all the time like he is stuck to him with superglue and Katsuki just lets him because that’s what he always does.
Lets Shoto do whatever he wants until his princess is satisfied and happy.