Finding Me (Todoroki x Reader)

I released a soft groan, rolling over in my bed for millionth time that night and twisting the sheets between my legs. There was no way I was getting any sleep tonight. I was way too anxious.

There'd still been no word on Eri although it had been about a week now. Fat Gum hadn't message Kirishima or myself, and none of my friends had received any notifications from their own mentors. We'd all been left in the dark on this, and I was getting tired of it.

I heaved another sigh. "Seriously. They wanted us to help, but they won't even tell us if any of the hideouts were a bust or not. Ugh."

I rolled over again, not finding my new position any more comfortable. Although, now I was facing the wall; taking my eyes off my damn phone for a moment. However, it didn't take my mind off what could possibly be going on, and what wasn't.

Eri must be so scared right about now. That hope that Midoriya gave her: was it still there in her heart? Was she still fighting or had she given up? Seriously, I felt so useless just lying around waiting for something, anything.

I clutched so tightly at my sheets that my knuckles drew white. "Please, hurry and find her. Find Eri. Please..."

Buzz Buzz

The darkness of my room suddenly lit up, and I twisted myself around to see where the light was coming from. My heart stuttered when I saw that it was coming from my phone. Someone had messaged me.

It might've been some unGodly hour of the dark morning, but I suddenly felt so pumped with energy that I threw off my covers and raced for my phone at my desk. Ripping it off the charger, I swiped my finger across the screen to unlock and see what the message was and who it was from.

Fat Gum

Alright, kiddo. It's time.

There were more words after that, but my eyes remained on those four words, alone; the meaning of them hitting me like one of Bakugou's blast. At full throttle.

This was it. This was what I'd been waiting for. They'd found out where she was.

I had to go find the others.

Slipping on my slippers, I raced out of my room as quietly but swiftly as possible, taking extra care not to be too loud whilst running past Momo's room to the elevator. The girl could sleep, but I couldn't take the risk of waking her all the same. The boys on the other side were heavy sleepers if I recalled correctly; but Shoto had a tendency to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night so I had to remain as stealth-like as possible.

I jumped in the elevator and pressed the button for the ground floor. Although nothing had been said, it was just some sort of feeling I had that the others would be awake, too. All of them were just as anxious as I was, particularly Midoriya. If I couldn't sleep tonight, then he certainly couldn't either.

The door pinged and opened at the ground floor, and I raced out into the lounge looking for my classmates. I spotted some dark, blurry figures highlighted by the light from the elevator and made my way over to them. All of them were there with their phones in hand. Kirishima's usually spiked hair fell in front of his eyes; tufts of Ochaco's bob stuck up in all directions; Tsu's usually neat hair was tied up in a messy bun; and Midoriya, honestly looked perfectly fine apart from the huge bags under his eyes.

They'd all just stumbled out of bed, it seemed, too. I could only imagine what kind of mess I looked like. Guess none of that mattered when someone's life was on the line.

"All right. You, too?" Kirishima asked, looking at his phone then at the rest of us.

Ochaco nodded, with Tsu confirming, "We got it."