Boboiboy: Hero School!

Chapter 6 - What a Coincidence !

The police had arrived, thanking Duri and Gempa profusely, before offering the two and Midoriya a ride to the station for interrogation.

It was a slightly awkward ride, as the short argument about the bullies was still fresh in Gempa and Midoriya's mind. Duri was completely unaware though, and he just stared at his surroundings the entire time.

Gempa had entrusted their groceries to Duri, who held some of them using vines, and the others with just his hands.

The police interviewed Gempa then Duri first about what they had seen, then interviewed Midoriya last.

Gempa had decided to pace around the hallway, taking it upon themselves to wait for Midoriya and potentially walk himself home to avoid more bullies, whilst Duri sat on a bench nearby cradling their groceries, specifically the vegetables and fruits they'd purchased.

Gempa finally stopped his pacing when Midoriya finally left the interrogation room, looking a tad shaken. Gempa sighed in relief, whispered a quick apology for the trouble, and left to talk to the police again, meaning Midoriya was left with Duri, who looked up from his cradling veggies to look at Midoriya.

“Oh! Midoriya-kun, come sit, come sit!” the boy smiled, patting the space next to him. Duri was the first to get accustomed to speaking Japanese and using honorifics, for some strange reason. (Nobody knew about Boboiboy’s Pokemon obsession, which had been passed down to him via watching it in all the dubs possible at a young age…)

Midoriya allowed himself to sit down next to the other green-themed boy, who went back to cuddling the vegetables and fruits, whispering things you'd tell a baby to them, but customised to plants, apparently, like “we'll get you in better soil soon, okay?” or, “i'll rinse your leaves properly later, yeah?” which Midoriya found strange, but let it be, seeing that Duri did save him.

Duri looked back up again, realising something he forgot, and turned to face Midoriya properly. “Oh yeah! I forgot to introduce myself! I'm Duri, nice to meet you, Midoriya-kun.” Duri smiled brightly, and held a hand out, implying for Midoriya to shake it.

“Oh, uhm. Gempa-kun told me your name earlier. But it's nice to meet you, Duri-kun! Uhm… How did you know my name, by the way…? I don't think I told you that…” Midoriya confusedly said as he shook the other's hand.

Duri's smile widened. “Oh eerm! Gempa told me while we were waiting for you to get out of the interrogation room, yeah.” He shook the hand harder before letting go. Midoriya simply went ‘ohhh’ before properly sitting down next to Duri.

The small silence was both awkward and comforting, somehow. Midoriya honestly felt safer with some kids his age that he met a few hours ago rather than with kids also his age who he'd known for his entire life.

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Eventually, the police let them out of the station after processing the case information, and when they exited the building, the sun was starting to set.

“Midoriya-kun, me and Duri can walk you home, if you'd like?” Gempa offered whilst he retrieved some of the groceries from Duri.

“Oh I- I don't want to cause you both any more trouble…” Midoriya shook his hands up in front of him.

“Oh uhm, okay then! Well, I hope we see each other again. Feel free to give us a call, alright? You and Duri did exchange contacts, after all.” Gempa pointed out, and the three began walking.

It was around the 8 minute mark of walking that they realised they were all going the same direction. What a coincidence!

Gempa checked the time on his watch, and noted that he still had a few hours or so left before he and Duri would start becoming amnesiacs, but he had to keep up the sibling-concept thingy in front of Midoriya. Luckily, Duri didn't seem to mind about not fusing back at the moment.

They kept walking until Gempa could finally see their house. Now that he looked at it from afar, it was super big… It was near some apartment complexes and condominium-type housing, alongside just normal houses.

“Well uhm.. This is my stop, Gempa-. Weird that we're uh- going the same way, huh…!” Midoriya laughed, before going in the direction of said complexes.

“Oh, oh! This is our stop too, Midoriya-kun!!” Duri pointed to their big house on the other side. Midoriya's jaw dropped and closed as quickly as it opened. “Woah… Well I guess we will be seeing each other a lot then…?!?” the green-haired boy said, still a bit shocked. Duri simply nodded with a big smile, and the three said their goodbyes.

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A/N 6/10/24 - I FINALLY FINISHED WRITING !!!! CHAPTER 6 😱😱😱 HAI !!!!@
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also this is crossposted to ao3 under the user grassyplanet so yea