This time I will protect them I won't be a coward

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It was Aizawa sensei who had placed his hand on Denki's shoulder.

Shouta was patrolling that area due many compliments of shady criminal activities going on in that neighborhood for the past few months and he happened to spot his trouble magnet student in that area and decided to follow his student into the  24/7 convenience store. But he was not expecting his student to get startled so badly.

Denki had turned his head so fast with fright to stare at Aizawa Shouta.

Aizawa prays that the boy's head is intact with the speed he had turned around and then the unthinkable happens.

Denki throws an impulsive punch at Aizawa's face not realising that it was his sensei and not a villain whom he had assumed earlier.

With years of training Shouta manages to avoid getting hit by Denki's punch by simply moving to the side.

Denki mutters with a horrified yelp, "s-s-sensei!". And slips on his feet due to his sudden movement.

Aizawa's eyes go wide and he
Immediately uses his capture weapon to throw it around Denki's waist and tugs it to keep Denki's body upright.

Denki's body gives a jerk at the sudden pull and his butt hits the ground while his bright yellow hair covers his eyes.

Denki winces in pain when his back hits the food shelf behind him.

Denki blinks the tears away from eyes and looks at Aizawa sensei standing there in front of him.

Aizawa sensei crouched down looking Denki clearly in the eye asks with concern flashing his eyes, "You okay kid?".

Luckily Aizawa sensei does not ask why his cardigan had claw marks which would be a big task to explain the whole "Daichi thing".

Denki just nods his head.

Aizawa sensei lets out a sigh of relief and looks at the snacks scattered around them and helps Denki pick them up and asks Denki if was going to buy all of these snacks.

Denki nods his head at Aizawa Sensei's question and does not make eye contact with Aizawa sensei and whispers, "Yes" after a pause.

Denki did not want to be judged by his sensei on his food choices.

He knew it was not healthy to have these things especially when you are a student enrolled in a Pro Hero School taught by the world best Super Pro Heroes.

Denki always remembered how the future Bakugou Katsuki would always push green veggies and meat onto his plate and keep an eagle eye on him when he ate the food cooked by him.

Somedays Bakugou would cook dinner for the whole class and make sure that Denki's body received all the balanced nutrition or otherwise he would playfully threaten him by saying if he did not finish everything on his plate. He would literally shove it down his throat.

And Denki with a sulking face would continue to chew on the leafy green veggies while Kirishima Erijiou would pat his back and tell him it's alright take his time and Sero Hanta and Ashido Mina too would sit with him until he finishes his food on his plate and  what would Bakugou Katsuki do?.

He would watch him fiercely with his red blood eyes from the other side of the  dining room leaning against the wall with his hands crossed over his chest and at the same time, Denki would receive sympathy looks from the Dekusquad as well.

Denki grimaces at the memory.

He really missed his future friends and had not realised that he was now standing at the counter and the cashier had checked out all of his snacks and said the total amount to Aizawa sensei

Denki curses at himself as he was so lost in his reminiscences that he had not noticed walking up to the counter and puts his hands into his pants to pull out his wallet but Aizawa Shouta beats Denki to it  and immediately pulls out a black card from his wallet and hands it to the cashier.

Denki let out a wow sound and thought to himself, 'Wow Pro Heroes are really rich. No wonder All Might would spend so much money on Izuku Midoriya.. hey not that he is complaining..All Might after all did treat Midoriya like his own son'.

Denki grabs the plastic bags from the counter and bows towards Aizawa sensei as a sign of gratitude while saying, "Thank you sensei!.

Denki feels his hair being ruffled gently by Aizawa sensei who replies back with a small smile tugging on the corner of his lips, "No problem kid".

And walks out with Denki and does not leave him from his sight until Denki gets into a cab, from the cab window Denki waves at Aizawa sensei and the cab starts moving and Denki turns to face himself forward in his seat .

He was feeling dead tired and sleepy now.

Denki tries to blink away the sleep and takes notice of a shadowy distorted figure standing under the tree on the other side of a poorly lit park area.

Denki blinks his eyes  and that unknown thing was not there anymore.

He shrugs it off as an illusion that his mind is playing tricks on him due to the poor lighting of streets.

But still he could not get the image of the thing standing under the tree out of his mind.