Virtual Understanding (BnHA FanFic)

Chapter 4

Toshi perched quietly on her usual place, that being an outcast of a bench by the taps, sighing as she sipped on a juice box. Even the sweet, artificial apple flavoured drink wasn't enough to bring up her spirits up. The girl sulked sullenly, recalling the several failed attempts of completing the mission; she even raised her hand for the first time in her life when her homeroom teacher asked for a student to hand out the worksheets, but to her uttermost annoyance, it didn't work. That led to the conclusion that she had to give help without anyone asking her to do so.

She sincerely regretted the choice of accepting the mission, it was a wild goose chase for someone like her; at school, the girl wasn't bullied or anything of the sort—the words ignored or isolated suited her status better but either way, the other students in her cohort didn't talk to her at all. In turn, the quirkless female had nothing to them nor did she want to. It was a mutual relationship from both sides and exactly how Toshi wanted it to be.

Except for this special occasion which forced her to approach and interact with other people. Sighhhh.

Watching the children run around playing tag on the playground, Toshi rolled her eyes when one of her classmates tripped on a tony stone whilst looking behind, taunting his friend in a game of tag. Unsurprisingly, he fell on the gravel path and then immediately burst into tears. The teacher on duty ended up taking the little boy to the nurse's office for a band-aid all while the kids were either snickering to themselves not-so-quietly or getting a scolding by the teacher for laughing.

Seriously? Toshi couldn't believe she was the same age as those idiots. Sure, she was more mature and probably a heck of a lot smarter than most kids her age but just the thought of interacting with those screaming imbeciles made her cringe endlessly. She did not want to interact with those snotty brats.

But it was nearing the end of the day and Toshi still hadn't found a single person to help; she just felt so weird talking to people, adults and peers alike. She even considered of just accepting her punishment instead of going through all this effort to complete one mission but quickly scratched the idea off. No way was she just giving up! Not when there was EXP to be gained!

That being said; how on earth was she going to do this?

"This is impossible," the girl grouched miserably, squeezing the empty juice box in her hand. As she got up to throw the rubbish in the bin (she might be antisocial but she still was a good student), Toshi found herself walking along the pathway in her depressed thoughts, when she heard a;

"Oi! Watch out!"

She whipped her head up and spun around but was too late as she collided face first with one of her fellow students. She fell down and quickly braced herself, wincing at the pain in her palm as skin made contact with concrete.

"Whoops! Sorry! But, hey. It was kinda your fault for not moving out of the way..." He chuckled while brushing himself off, sounding not the least apologetic. Toshi glared daggers at whoever it was, ready to scream bloody murder. Are you serious?! You bumped into me! How is that my fault?

[NPC]

Name: Saito Tamaki (Human)
Occupation: Student
Level: 5

Toshi frowned in distaste, eying the number of what would be the boy's level: 5 — how on earth did such a scrawny, helpless looking child who was around her age if not younger be at level 5 while she was still at a measly level 1? This game made no sense!

Observing the child, the girl realised that had seen him around before. But where? Just then, the little box expanded and revealed his entire profile.