Sonic Sneezes: An Adventure in Quirk Flu! Chap. 1/? ((Present Mic, MHA, Male, Mess))

[SneezyHolmes]

Alright so I told myself my anime days were over but then I started watching 'My Hero Academia' and, welp, here we are! I've fallen head over heels for a certain radio host and his broody husband!  So here, have the first bit of what will undoubtedly be a long winded excuse for me to indulge my love for both mess and superpower affected sneezes!

So yeah, stop here if occasional giant, sonic blast sneezes and snot aren't your thing! ☠️☠️

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The campus meet ‘n greet had been exactly five days ago. Five days in which one single virus had infiltrated his husband’s defenses and rapidly set to work on multiplying, overcoming his cells with all the efficiency and speed of a highly trained assassin. 

He told him postponing the event was the smarter option but as Mic had so proudly put it: “I could never! My listeners look forward to this every year!”. And he wasn’t wrong technically, most of the campus had been abuzz with eager chatter about the event, most looking forward to getting selfies and autographs with Mic but that hadn’t been the only thing buzzing about the UA campus..

A nasty strain of ‘quirk flu’ had been making it’s rounds, keeping the nurse’s office packed and Recovery Girl busy even though more often than not any ailing students were merely sent home and told to rest for a few days. 

Resting was the obvious and most logical option when one was ill but his husband was not always the wisest..

Even now as he watched him from his position behind the glass window of the recording booth, he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of worry for the poor guy. Crumpled tissues litter the table and from what he can see, the floor around his chair with a nearby trash can overflowing with them and numerous water bottles dotted the table, clearly an in-vain attempt to soothe a sore throat. 

Pitiful.

“Annnnnd thad’s a wrap for this show mby lovely lihhh..listeners! Thagks for tuning ind and--SNFF!--catch ya next time!”.

The sign off is rushed with a hint of barely concealed nervousness and for good reason..

“HH’ESSHH’IEWWW! HAH’NNGSTCHHH!”,he sneezes loudly, making the audio club students as well as Aizawa jump a bit, the thin glass between them cracking slightly from the force of his sonic sneezes. He glanced towards the students who appeared more than a little worried for their ailing radio host.

Alright. He’d seen and heard enough.

He reached for the door handle only to find it locked, a precaution Mic often took to avoid interruptions when on the air. An annoyed exhale through his nose followed by a swift kick to the door had it opening with little trouble. 

“Get your things. We’re going home.”,he said with an air of finality and a gaze that just begged his husband to argue.

Mic jumped at the door bursting open, practically shrinking in his seat and mumbling with a thick sniff,”I can’d leave ndow..I still have two classes tdo teach after this..”. He actively avoided Shota’s glare, shifting in his seat as he reached for the remaining two tissues in the box beside him on the table, folding them over his pointed nose and blowing as hard as he could. He was fine. He felt like a million bucks!

“Right. Then we’ll stop by the principal's office on the way. I’m sure they can find a replacement for a few days. Besides, you shouldn’t be here sick. You’re going to spread it further and half the school’s already out as is..”,he tried to reason, shifting his weight from one foot to the other. Playing nurse was not his thing despite how often he, himself, got sick but the other man looked dead on his feet and perhaps being married had softened him up..just a bit.

Yamada pouted a bit but finally nodded, grabbing his duffle bag and shuffling behind Aizawa, doing his best to ignore the way the room spun sickeningly upon standing. Secretly he was more than relieved to be going home, wanting nothing more than to put on his baggiest pajamas and sleep for a week. He hadn’t had ‘quirk flu’ since he was a student himself but it still sucked just as much as he remembered, if not worse.

As they turned down a mostly vacant hallway, a sharp tickle rose in the back of his nose and he froze, breath hitching loudly. The annoying thing about this particular illness was how uncontrollable it made his quirk and, in turn, how dangerous it made his sneezing. Sonic sneezes weren’t exactly coverable unless he wanted to decimate his fucking hands but unrestrained sonic blasts were dangerous to everyone around him and their hearing.

Aizawa was ahead of him, blissfully unaware of his husband’s growing predicament. 

“A-Aihhh--!”,he stammered out, on the verge of a sneeze just as the other man started to turn around but before he could even acknowledge what was happening, much less nullify his quirk,”HEH’EnSTCH’IEWW! At’sCHIEWWW! NgsTCHHH’HAH! Hehh..!”.

Each sneeze sent a, thankfully small, sonic blast barrelling out of the blonde and straight down the hallway. Aizawa was knocked over and sent sliding a little ways down the tiled floor, working fast to cover his ears before glancing back to check on the sparse few students that had been loitering about the hall. 

They seemed okay, all covering their ears and cowering against the lockers but the blonde didn’t seem done, fanning the air in front of his flushed face as his breath geared up for another fit.

“Oh no you don’t!”,he quipped, eyes glowing red and hair spiking upwards as he drained away the offending quirk before it could cause any more harm.

Without his quirk, the next fit was still loud but didn’t result in any ear bleeding blasts,”Hh’NsTCHH! ‘NsTCH’IEWW! ‘NstCH’IEWW! ‘NXGTCH’EH! Ngh..”.

After the fit, his nose was left twitching and he sheepishly rubbed his nose with his index finger,”Excuse mbe..s-sorry everyone..heheh! Are you all okay..?”. He felt terrible! Well, more terrible anyways! Even using his powers on others by accident left him feeling guilty and ashamed! Maybe it was a good thing he was leaving for the day after all.

A nod here and there answered him as did Shota raising to his feet and dusting himself off, hair having fallen back down with his quirk deactivating though he had a feeling that wouldn’t be the last time he’d have to use it.

“Bless you. Let’s get out of here before your nose has a chance to really show off..”,he muttered, glancing to see the principal at the end of the hallway, merely giving him a nod and casually but urgently gesturing to get Mic out of there.

The subway ride home felt like it took ages between having to more or less stare at his lover the entire ride and deflect the odd fan here and there that just had to have one selfie or just a quick video or two despite how clearly sick the poor guy was but eventually they made it home to their small, shared apartment.

“Shotaaaa..”,came a soft and exhausted whimper, turning Aizawa’s gaze upwards just enough to meet the other’s gaze.

“Yeah? What is--ah..”,he was caught off guard as Yamada suddenly hugged him, burying his overly warm face into the bandages around his neck,”Ah jeez, Yama..okay, okay. Uh, why don’t you go change into something more comfortable while I try to find the thermometer.”. He wasn’t used to Mic being this sick, said man having only been sick like this perhaps twice the entire length of their relationship.

He awkwardly pat his back, gently pulling back to look him in the eye,”C’mon..go change. Go on. Then we can watch one of those cheesy rom-coms you like so much..”. He nearly cringed at the thought alone but he’d endure an awful movie or four if it helped him relax.

The promise of a movie night seemed to be just enough reassurance to coax him into changing, emerging from their small bedroom in an oversized band t-shirt, baggy sweatpants, and a pair of fuzzy socks with their comforter around his shoulders. His thin frame trembled noticeably under the blanket, whatever bit of energy he’d had back at the academy now officially drained.

He rubbed his wrist against his reddened nose, normally straight posture slouched and lazy as he shuffled over to the couch and curled up into a ball, hair now messily thrown into a sloppy ponytail. 

With him so close now, Aizawa could properly see the toll the virus had on Yamada.

The blonde’s vibrant eyes were now dull and laced with dark bags, his pointed nose red and raw from constant rubbing and pawing, and he was rather pale except for his nose and cheeks which were flushed a deep, feverish hue of pink. All in all, he looked like shit!

“What’re you staring at..?”,he mumbled, snapping him out of his thoughts,”I know I look bad..I had some makeup on earlier to mask mbost of it..”. He wiped his nose against the edge of the blanket before sinking further into it, somewhat embarrassed Aizawa had to see him like this.

“No, no! I, ah, I didn’t mean to stare. Sorry, I was lost in thought.”,he quickly apologized, scooting closer and putting an arm around the blanket lump as well as pressing a kiss to his too warm temple,”C’mon, don’t pout. Let’s watch a movie now, yeah..?”.

A thick sniffle and a nod as Yamada cuddled into his side, nuzzling his head into the crook of Shota’s neck,”Fine, but I get tdo pick!”.

Edited April 9, 2021 by SneezyHolmes

[silentdreamer789]

Great start! I'm loving all the MHA content on here suddenly. Personally hoping for sick!Aizawa soon, but Mic is great too, and this is lovely.

[SneezyHolmes]

26 minutes ago, silentdreamer789 said:

Great start! I'm loving all the MHA content on here suddenly. Personally hoping for sick!Aizawa soon, but Mic is great too, and this is lovely.

Thanks for reading! And don't you worry..I'm afraid Aizawa will not be escaping this unscathed! I fully intend to wreck him with some nice contagion later on in the story!  But I'm also an impatient person so I'll probably end up writing a separate sickfic for him instead, lmfao!  

[Jettous]

This is a great start. I loved how Yamadas whole demeanor changed as soon as he got home. Can’t wait to see what comes next. 

[SneezyHolmes]

2 hours ago, Jettous said:

This is a great start. I loved how Yamadas whole demeanor changed as soon as he got home. Can’t wait to see what comes next. 

Thanks for reading! And oh yeah, when it's just him and Shota, the walls come crashing down!

[SleepingPhlox]

You know, I've never seen a single second of this show, but I've seen so much talk about it all over the internet that I kinda have a pretty good idea of it anyway.    Anyway, this rules.  You weave a scene so wonderfully, with little details that make it so nice.  That is a skill I'd like to learn!  But it is such a hallmark of your writing to have everything so wonderfully described so that it sets up a nice little visual scene.

[Yumestar]

I just came into the fandom of MHA and I was desperately looking for a good Sickfic of Aizawa, then I was surprised with one about Present Mic which is even better. 

That moment when Aizawa erased Present Mix's Quirk was so smart, I read it over and over again, because it was so good.

I'm currently working on my own Sick!Aizawa Sickfic, let's see if I get it posted some time soon ^-^ 

[SneezyHolmes]

7 hours ago, Yumestar said:

I just came into the fandom of MHA and I was desperately looking for a good Sickfic of Aizawa, then I was surprised with one about Present Mic which is even better. 

That moment when Aizawa erased Present Mix's Quirk was so smart, I read it over and over again, because it was so good.

I'm currently working on my own Sick!Aizawa Sickfic, let's see if I get it posted some time soon ^-^ 

Thanks for reading! I'd love to read your Aizawa fic when it's done!