A Silent Kind of Strength

Chapter 53

Izuku groaned as the buzz of his phone, set to vibrate, woke him from his nap. He huffed and forced himself from the bunk he had claimed as his after his shower when they got off of patrol. Power Loader has sent him to rest up, apparently heading to his own bed that was hidden up in his private work room. But Izuku didn't want to waste a single second of his week.

So a 2 hour nap and a crap ton of coffee it was.

Besides, he had a shit load of code that needed his tender loving care just waiting for him down on level B8. With a sigh he forced himself up and out of bed, gathering up the sheets and pillow he had used and tossing them in the laundry bins. Yawning he made his way over to the lockers, snagging some pants and a dark green flannel to toss over the tee shirt and boxers he had worn to sleep in.

He flopped down onto a bench to tug on his usual beat up red sneakers. He checked his phone battery and grabbed his charger to throw into his backpack before heading for the elevator. A quick stop in the cafeteria got him a curry bread that he scarfed quickly, finishing the last bite as he stepped out into the hall heading towards the main design studio.

It was just as quietly busy as it was the afternoon before. Around 10 people just spread out amongst the varied seating all of them tapping away at their tablets. Some chatted quietly as they worked through one issue or another. Some doodling with fancy looking stylus, and one has some sort of wild hologram keyboard that Izuku was dying to ask about.

Instead he set up shop in a corner filled with large beanbags. He took a gulp of the first coffee of the day and hooked up his keyboard, setting it on one knee as he balanced the tablet on the other. With a deep breath he dove in. The code swallowing him whole.

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Power Loader eventually came down to find him. Izuku was standing by the coffee pot, guzzling his tenth cup when he was startled out of his head by a tap on his shoulder. "Please tell me you've had something to eat today." The freckled boy turned to the pro with a slightly dazed grin. "I had a c-curry bun for breakfast!"

"... Midoriya, it's 2 pm."

The teen frowned and checked the clock on his tablet. "Oh." He didn't protest when his teacher placed a gentle hand on his shoulder and steered him towards the hall, grabbing his backpack and keyboard on the way. When they got to the door he paused and the very overworked Pro hero sighed and turned towards the other people in the studio. Raising his voice to get their attention he ordered, "Everyone who hasn't eaten in the last 4 hours needs to take a break or else I'll do another building wide 1 hour shut down on the tablets. Don't try me." This caused a mad scramble as several people quickly started packing up their things.

Izuku wondered what happened to make Power Loader shut everyone out of their tablets last time. 

They made their way up to the cafeteria, comfortable conversations about their patrol that morning and the one they had planned for the same time the next day flowing easily between them. They snagged their trays, pausing their dialog to focus on snagging what they wanted from the serving line. It was apparently pizza day, wich Izuku was very interested in. Pizza sounded fantastic to his empty stomach.