Mechanical Heart

Chapter 2: First Morning

Bakugou walked with Midoriya, into the robotic boy's dorm room. It was time for them to go to bed, and Midoriya needed to be plugged in. It was honestly kind of annoying, but Midoriya was designed so that he couldn't plug himself in. It was a safety percaution, to prevent AI from wiping out humanity. Although, only people who were made into AI using legal methods had safety percautions. The others... Well, lets just say it was a good thing most of them weren't actually that bright.

It wasn't even worth it, honestly, with all the illegal AIs out there. It's not like people actually prevent it from happening, either. And plus, Midoriya's saftey precautions did little to make him any safer of an AI. The robotic boy didn't know what his danger level was, and it pained Bakugou to not be able to tell him. But, he did suppose that telling Midoriya how dangerous he could be would hurt him...

Midoriya stood in front of the charging station, waiting for Bakugou to plug him in. Bakugou shook his head, "Hold on a sec, would ya? I need to check your data first, y'know." Bakugou grumbled.

"R-Right..! Sorry..." Midoriya mumbled, turning so that way Bakugou could access the panel on the back of his neck. Honestly, Bakugou was sure that if he tried hard enough, the robot would be able to find a way to reach the panel and plug himself in, but Midoriya didn't really want to, seeing as the point of the safety protocol was to keep him from doing so. Part of why the protocals were so pointless. Midoriya could easily poke holes in them if he wanted.

That's the thing about them. The safety protocals simply weren't designed to contain him. You see, Midoriya wasn't dangerous because of any sort of weaponry. Rather, he was dangerous because his mind wasn't ment to be paired with AI technology. He was too smart, too analytical. Paired with AI technology, it would be easy for him to become a threat to humankind. Honestly, they were lucky that the robotic boy wanted to be a pro-hero.

Bakugou groaned to himself, reading his data. Everything looked fine, except, "Why the hell are you only at 2% battery?!"

Midoriya visibly flinched. He knew that if he had a full charge in the morning, Midoriya would still have at least 20%. "W-Well... Th-there was a h-hero f-fight v-video that I r-really wanted t-to analyse, s-so I um.... I-I u-unpluged myself b-before my battery was f-full...." Midoriya mumbled. Right. It was a lot easier for him to unplug himself. All he really had to do was tug the cord out, while in order to plug himself in, he needed to be able to see the port.

"Deku, we've talked about this, haven't we? You need to get a full charge, or you might get yourself hurt!!! Or worse, killed!" Bakugou growled, and Midoriya nodded slowly. "I'm sorry, Kacchan...."

"Tch... Just... don't do that again, got it." Bakugou comanded. Midoriya nodded again. "Good. Now, I'm gonna plug you in before your battery dies."

Bakugou then plugged the charger into his charging port, and set Midoriya up against the station. Midoriya's lit-up expression changed into the icon for a charging battery, and he mumbled, "Good night Kacchan..." just before shutting down.

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Midoriya woke up from his dreamless 'sleep' reletively slowly, his mental functions starting up at their usual rate. Once he had finally started up fully, he pulled the plug out of it's port, assuming that his battery was full. It surely felt like it was, and he'd been a robot for long enough that he could tell whether he had a full battery or not.

He walked out of his room and went downstairs, to be met by Iida, "Midoriya-san! You're awake!! I was just about to come and get you and everyone else who's still asleep."

"Don't fucking wake him up, four-eyes, or I'll kill you!" Bakugou shouted from the kitchen. It seemed that he had already claimed the space. "Kacchan!!! No murdering!!" Midoriya said, only half-joking. Because Bakugou absolutely would commit murder if it weren't for the fact that it's illegal.

Iida seemed confused, "But I must make sure everyone gets to school on time, and that means I must wake them up on time!"

"Fuck off!!" Bakugou retorted, "You can wake up whoever the fuck you want, but stay the fuck out of his room! You aren't allowed in there, asshat!"

Midoriya nodded slowly, "He could've done with less swears, but that's pretty much accurate... The only person I let in my room is Kacchan."

"Oh." Iida responded, looking a bit surprised, "Right, of course!! If me being in your room makes you uncomfortable, I shall respect that! Though, how will I make sure you wake up on time if that's the case? I don't want anyone to be late!"

Midoriya shrugged, "Ah, don't worry about it... I'm not much of a 'sleeping in' kind of person. Once I've got enough rest, I'm wide awake. It's a nice thought, though."

Iida nodded, seemingly satisfied, "Well, with that settled, I must go get the others awake!"

Mentally, he sighed in relief. IT wouldn't have been good if Iida continued to insist on it - if he saw Midoriya's room, he'd figure out that he was an AI, and he wasn't sure he wanted that to happen. Not yet, and preferably not ever, though the second was unlikely, knowing his luck.

Someone was bound to find out eventually, so he just had to keep it hidden as long as he could.

And maybe he might be able to make a friend other than Kacchan that way.

While Kacchan was a great friend, and Midoriya would never want to replace him.... It was lonely, only having one friend. More would always be appreciated, honestly. But, it didn't really seem all that likely..

"Well, I guess we should start getting ready for school?"