Y/n P.O.V

I gasped, wondering what brought him to his breaking point. He's always seemed so strong and fearless, but here he was. I quickly brought him to Recovery Girl, and texted Mina. I figured he wouldn't want the whole class to know about this. Hell, he wouldn't want anyone knowing about this. Recovery Girl asked me a few questions, and I just told her that he was a friend and that I found him like that. It wasn't lying. Todoroki hadn't told me much about his past, I don't think he wanted to. He told me some things though, about his siblings and stuff like that. He'd also told me that he gets nightmares sometimes after I accidentally came in his room one night to see it covered in ice and him crying in his bed. We didn't talk much about it though. I was pulled from my thoughts when Mina texted me. I left Todoroki for a moment to go talk to her.     "What happened?" She asked, looking more concerned than I'd ever seen her. I told her what happened and her expression changed from concerned to worried and shocked. I felt the same way. I should've checked up on him sooner. I blamed myself for this, at least a little bit anyways. After our brief conversation, I told Mina not to tell anyone just yet and she agreed. I went back into Todoroki's room, sitting in the chair beside his bed. Recovery Girl said he should be okay and would probably wake up sometime before the sun came up again in the morning. I intended to stay by his side until then. I couldn't help but wonder what it was that he wasn't telling me. With a million thoughts running through my head, I fell asleep.

Todoroki P.O.V

I slowly woke up, surprisingly not from a nightmare. I felt a lot of pain though, and something in my hand. I looked over and saw Y/n asleep in the chair next to my hospital bed. She must've brought me here. I thought. I hope she didn't tell anyone. Oh no what if she told the whole class. This is bad, this is so so bad.                                                                                                                   "Relax, I didn't tell anyone. I figured you'd want it that way." I heard a voice say. I sighed in relief. She really is the best. I looked back to where she was sitting to see concern all over her face.                                                                                                                                                                 "How did this happen?" She asked softly, worry in her eyes. I sighed, deciding it was time to tell her the truth. I took a deep breath, wondering if this was a good idea. I glanced back at her. "You know you can tell me anything Sho, I won't tell anyone." She said. It was comforting.         "I trained really hard today, because my dad called me and told me that I was useless and weak, just like he always does. I try not to let it get to me, because my dad says that emotions are a sign of weakness, and that people would think that I'm powerless if I showed emotion. I try so hard to prove him wrong, but when I go home and he beats me, it just makes me think that I really am all the things he said. That's what the nightmares are about, my father beating me. They happen almost every night too. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. It's just that everyone I've ever trusted with any of that said I was pathetic and disgusting and just left me alone. I didn't want to lose you too." I whispered the last part, looking down at my hands. I felt her hug me, and I was surprised. I thought she'd just run out the door, telling me that everything my father said was right. I felt tears sliding down my cheeks.                                               "I'm so so sorry you had to go through all that alone. I'll never leave you Sho, I promise." She said. That made me feel better. I hugged her back, crying on her shoulder.                                       "I'll always be here when you need me, just text me, come knock on my door, anything. I'll be there." She whispered, making me cry even more. Not tears of sadness though. These were happy tears. For the first time in a long time, I felt like someone actually cared about me. She slowly pulled away from the hug and wiped my tears.                                                                               "I get what you mean though." She said. I tilted my head to the side, wondering what she meant. She looked down and took a deep breath.                                                                                 "My dad left us before I was even born. I grew up just me and my mom. We didn't have a whole lot, so we lived in an abandoned old house, in the middle of nowhere. My mom cried herself to sleep every night, and most days we would go to bed starving. One day she came home from work, the happiest I'd seen her in awhile. She got a new job, that made a lot more money. The next day she left for work, and never came home." I was a little surprised, since Y/n was always so happy. She never mentioned any of this to me.                                                                                    "After that I went to go live with my grandma and her grandson, my cousin. He was always drunk, but at least he cared about me. There were some days he didn't even come out of his room. He was trying to avoid my grandma. Everyday she would yell at me and order me around like a slave. She'd hit me with a whip if I did something wrong. After I told her I didn't want to live with her anymore, she locked me in a dog cage, and didn't give me any food or water. She locked me in there since I didn't have a bedroom. That night, after she went to bed, my cousin let me out of the cage and I ran. I didn't stop running until the sun rose." I looked at her horrified. That must've been absolutely awful.                                                                                           "I was only about seven at the time, so I went back to my dad's house. He was not too happy to see me, but he let me stay. I got his leftovers to eat for every meal, and I slept on the floor. He wasn't mean to me though, so I didn't complain. Ever since we moved into the dorms, I haven't left." She finished. I hugged her and told her that it would all be okay.                                 "It's been okay since I came here Sho, because I met all of our classmates. I met you, and that made everything so much better." She said. I was happy she was comfortable enough with me to tell me all of this, and I'm glad I make her happy. We broke off the hug and I looked at her. Everyday she's so happy and always smiling. I wonder how she does it. She's been through so much. I wish I could take all her pain and make it my own. Soon enough Recovery Girl came in and said Y/n had to leave. She said I would have to stay here for a few days, until Tuesday at least. Y/n volunteered to let me borrow her notes from class after I was well enough to study them. She also came up with an excuse as to why I wouldn't be in class the first few days of the week. Our excuse was that after I trained with Bakugo, I had went with Y/n to the beach. I had gone surfing and fell onto a large rock pile. At least that's what everyone would think. I hoped they'd believe it. Since I'd be alone in the hospital until visiting hours tomorrow I starting thinking. Eventually, my thoughts went back to Y/n. She was so strong, going through all of that alone, and still being able to smile. I wonder how she does it. I'll have to ask her if she comes back to see me tomorrow. I wondered a lot of things about her, like what it would be like if she liked me back, if she was the one who gave me those letters that I've grown so fond of.  I wish she could've stayed, because I'll probably have another nightmare tonight. I thought about her some more, how pretty she looked today. As much as I wished I would've spent time with her instead of training, I'm glad things turned out the way they did. I learned something about her, something she'd never told anyone else. I thought that maybe she was the one sending me those letters. The fact that she cared about me at all made me smile. Before I knew it, it was 10 o'clock. Soon after, I'd drifted off to sleep.

Y/n P.O.V

I was sleeping when I heard my phone ringing, pulling me out of my dreams. I looked at the time. 1:28 am. I answered, trying to hold back a yawn.                                                                       "Hello Miss Y/n?" I heard from the other end. I opened my mouth, but a yawn came out instead of words.                                                                                                                                        "Sorry yes?" I asked. I rubbed at my eyes, wondering what this was about.                                        "Todoroki seems to be having a nightmare and he keeps saying your name. His entire room is freezing, I thought maybe you could help calm him down if it isn't too much trouble." Oh no.      "No it's no trouble at all. I'll be there in a few minutes." I said hanging up. I didn't even bother changing. I brushed my teeth and hair as quick as I could. I grabbed my phone and ran out the door. I knocked on the door of the infirmary. Recovery Girl appeared and pulled me inside. I could hear Todoroki screaming and crying. I could feel the cold air coming from his room.        "Thank you for calling." I said, pushing past her to get to Todoroki. I opened his door and tried to shake him awake.                                                                                                                                             "Shoto, wake up it's me." I quietly yelled. His eyes jolted open, and he immediately hugged me. His tears were continuous as I hugged him, rubbing his back and uttering comforting words. He was breathing heavy, so I told him to breathe some deep breaths with me. After that we just sat there in silence, letting him calm down.                                                                                  "If you want to talk about it, I'm here. I won't judge you, Sho. Ever." I said, still hugging him. I was shivering since my pajamas were just shorts and a t-shirt. I think he noticed, because he broke off the hug and unfroze everything.                                                                                                    "I don't really want to talk about it, I just want you to stay here with me." He said barely audible. I smiled a small smile and wondered if I should.                                                                       "I should go ask Recovery Girl, just in case." He nodded, and I left to find Recovery Girl. She said yes because she didn't want to the rest of her patients to freeze if he had another nightmare. She said that I could spend the rest of the nights he had to stay too. I made my way back to his room and sat on the bed.                                                                                                             "She said I can stay as long as your staying, so if you want me to skip school I can tell people we both got hurt and I have to stay here too." I said, wondering if he even wanted me to stay anymore. He seemed fine, but then I remembered what he said about his father telling him that emotions are weak. I went closer and hugged him.                                                                                     "You don't have to skip school, I'll be fine during the day when I'm awake." He said. I smiled and laid down next to him.                                                                                                                           "No I don't want to go back to sleep, I'll have more nightmares and you'll leave." He said, a slight pout on his lips. I shook my head.                                                                                                  "I'm not leaving, and you're not going to have a nightmare. I'm going to be here to protect you." I said, lifting his face to look at me. He just nodded and laid next to me, hugging me tightly. I decided to sing him a song my mom used to sing to me when I couldn't sleep.

Bright new day                                                                                                                                                With a bright new sun                                                                                                                                          I promise it'll be there                                                                                                                                          As soon as you wake up                                                                                                                                      But for now just get some rest                                                                                                                          So that when tomorrow comes                                                                                                                         You'll only do your best                                                                                                                                      And all you'll feel is love

(I just came up with that on the spot I hope it isn't too bad)

I looked over to Todoroki and saw him sound asleep, snoring softly. I smiled slightly, falling asleep beside him.