Below the Surface - IzuOcha

Chapter 44- New Perspectives: Part 3

"Did you ever find out what was up with Midori?" Mina asked as her countenance shifted into a serious expression.

'Oh...' Uraraka thought as her stare softened slightly. "Y-Yeah, I did..." Uraraka said as she placed her fork back on the plate.

"What was it *Kero*?" Tsuyu asked as she turned to face Uraraka.

"I..." Uraraka said as she remembered what Midoriya said about his past.

"What happened in the past is in the past." Midoriya said as he pulled Uraraka over toward the bed. "What matters to me is what's going on right now." Midoriya said as he sat on the bed.

"I-I can't tell you guys that..." Uraraka said as she looked down slightly.

"Why not?" Toru asked as she sat up straight.

"Because it's not my business to tell you this." Uraraka replied as she clasped her hands together.

There was a moment of silence between the girls until Momo suddenly spoke up.

"And was it your business to tell us about Midoriya's issues?" Momo asked as she put her teacup down on the table.

"Yaomomo?" Uraraka questioned as she looked up at Momo.

"You told almost everyone in Class 1-A about Midoriya's issues when it wasn't your business to talk about that..." Momo said as she stared at Uraraka. "But you won't tell us what's going on with Midoriya now?" Momo asked rhetorically as she leaned toward Uraraka. "When we're all already worried about Midoriya?" Momo asked rhetorically as she clasped her hands together and lifted them to her chin to rest her head on the back of her hands.

'Wow.' Jiro thought as she turned to look at Momo.

'I wouldn't have expected something like that from Yaomomo *Kero*.' Tsuyu thought as she turned to look at Momo.

'I didn't see that one coming.' Toru thought as she turned her body to face Momo.

'Damn...' Mina thought as she turned to look at Momo.

'She does have a point...' Uraraka thought as she remembered when she told the class about Midoriya's issues.

"Deku-Kun was singing songs he wrote a-about..." Uraraka said as she started to choke up again thinking about it. "About his body issues, f-feeling weak and w-worthless." Uraraka said as she let the tears she'd been holding back fall down her face.

'That wasn't my business to tell but...' Uraraka thought as she stared at Momo. "That was different, it wasn't just me. Tsu, Iida, Todoroki told most of the class that something was up with Deku-Kun before we all decided to tell you exactly what it was." Uraraka said as she remembered the text Iida sent her after she left Midoriya's dorm last Friday.

Class Rep:

We've informed the others that something is wrong with Midoriya, they don't know what it is yet though because we didn't tell them since everyone wasn't there. Bakugo, Tokoyami, Sato, Shoji, Mina, Toru, and Mineta weren't present.

"We told you about that because we were all worried about Deku-Kun's mental health." Uraraka said as she leaned toward Momo.

'That's true *Kero*.' Tsuyu thought as she turned to face Uraraka.

"Is that to say that what you two talked about isn't something we should be worried about?" Momo asked as she leaned back into her seat.

"No..." Uraraka replied as she looked away from Momo. "It's actually something that hurt Deku-Kun just to talk about." Uraraka said as she looked at Midoriya where he sat at the 'Dekusquad' table and was talking to Todoroki and Iida.