Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 9 - The ship is slowly sinking

Midoriya frowned internally as Reiko slinked out his bag in the middle of Yamada's lesson. He couldn't go and retrieve her, lest the teachers find him with his cat and possibly confiscate her.

Nor could he avoid having lunch with Shinsou and his two hero course friends to go look for her. What was he supposed to tell them without telling them that he brought his cat to school?

He didn't want to ruin his chances of getting into the hero course, but he also wanted to make sure Reiko was okay. She knew how to hide and avoid people, being surprisingly perceptive, and he just hoped that she would run into Nezu or Aizawa or Yamada. Nezu would probably take care of her, and Aizawa and Yamada were fond of cats.

Thank goodness she didn't have a collar.

Midoriya just sank into his chair and tried to listen as Yamada droned on and on about the difference between "Your" and "You're".

But his thoughts kept slipping back to Reiko, and where she could possibly be. Reiko was the first friend he had since he was ten, and she was more like a sister to him than just a cat.

Midoriya hoped that she would be okay.

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"Midoriya, Nezu would like to meet you for a bit. Can you go to his office?" Snipe asked, as he stared at the new stack of papers in his hands. He had requested everyone to analyze support items this time, and this time, Midoriya had doing his analysis on Yamada's directional speaker system.

It included several sketches of what looked like the inside of the speaker, and Snipe didn't want to know why Midoriya seemed to know how to build the device from scratch.

Not to mention that he had plenty of ideas of how to upgrade and improve the device while making it lighter and more sturdy, as well as possibly ideas for Yamada himself to try and improve his quirk.

He was really going to have to be harsher on the word limit for Midoriya. He spent more time on Midoriya's work than on all the other General Education students' work combined.

Maybe he should have Midoriya analyze villains instead of heroes.

Midoriya just nodded, before grabbing his bag and making his way to the principal's office, his body moving on its own in the direction he wanted. He had visited Nezu many times, upon the animal's request, and it was just muscle memory by now.

Midoriya stopped in front of Nezu's office, before he paused and knocked.

"Come in."

Midoriya hesitantly pushed the door open and stepped into the room, closing the door gently behind him.

Almost immediately, a small ball of fluff tackled his legs. Midoriya looked down, and his eyes lit up when he found Reiko pawing at his shoes. He quickly bent down, and scooped his cat up, running his fingers through her soft fur.

Nezu never thought he'd see the day where Midoriya would actually express some emotion, even if it was just through his eyes. He loved it. And he was going to try to find a way, as the principal of the school that he was attending, and as a friend of Void, to make sure it happened more often.

He swore he saw something around Midoriya's neck, but he dismissed it for now. Midoriya was short, and he had a tendency to slouch, much like Aizawa did. It was probably a habit from being a vigilante, having to hide and creep about, trying to make himself appear as small and non-threatening as possible. Not to mention Midoriya seemed to like having the collar of his uniform up, as if he was trying to hide his neck from other people.