Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 31 - Down with the fallen again

Midoriya continued sitting at his table, thinking, before he stood up, and grabbed his hoodie.

Nezu had informed him that he had been called out for a board meeting with the Hero Commission, and would probably be back by dinner, since the principal did stay in UA most of the time and practically lived there, but several teachers such as Ectoplasm, Snipe, and Lunch Rush were still in the UA main building, so if he needed any help with anything, he could just go up to them. Lunch Rush already knew about his hands, so food wouldn't be a problem.

But Midoriya didn't want to spend an entire day doing nothing again. Plus, he had some other plans.

No, he wasn't going to go out fighting villains again; Shuzenji would be mad at him, and he could either choose to be crippled for one more day, or crippled for a whole lot longer. He would choose the former, and make up for it once he was finally allowed to fight.

Midoriya grabbed his wallet, before making his way out the door. He did leave his laptop on the table, with a message that he was going out, courtesy of Reiko who had typed out the note letter by letter with Midoriya's guidance. He also had the password deactivated; all his personal research and files were safely stored on his hard drives and weren't on the main device itself.

Midoriya tucked the two animals into his hoodie, before he made his way out of the dorms.

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Nezu's eyes flickered to his phone, before he turned his attention back to the meeting at hand.

He had expected Midoriya to leave the dorms, especially when no one was around. He had also informed the teachers that Midoriya may do that, and not to bother him as long as he wasn't get himself into trouble, though he honestly did doubt that any of the teachers would want to do so.

Nezu wasn't sure where Midoriya was going, but that wasn't really any of his business; Midoriya was allowed to have his own secrets, and could do whatever he wanted as long as it wasn't detrimental to his health. He had brought both Reiko and Ryuto with him, and most likely wouldn't be doing anything dangerous with the bird around.

He was curious, though, but that didn't matter at this point in time. Giving Midoriya his freedom to do as he pleased was the only way to slowly break through his shell, to let him know that he could trust them. Nezu may have Midoriya's trust, but the other teachers didn't, and Nezu knew perfectly well that he couldn't be around all the time to communicate between the teachers and Midoriya.

He dragged himself out of his thoughts, and re-focussed on the meeting. The sooner they were done the sooner he could go back to his school.

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Midoriya looked up at the sign in front of the flower shop, ensuring he was in the right place, before walking inside cautiously. He kept an eye on his surroundings as he picked out two pink anemones, and moved to the cashier to pay for them.

He had gotten a few coins as change, and he just swept them into the pocket after fumbling around with the zipper for a few seconds. He would deal with that later when he got back to the dorms.

Midoriya put his hood up and carefully crossed the road, walking past several streets, before turning a corner and walking for a few more minutes. Reiko and Ryuto popped their heads of his hoodie, enjoying the sights and the fresh air.

That was until a passerby puffed cigarette smoke directly into Midoriya's face, causing the green haired boy to recoil at the horrendous smell. He shook his head to try and ignore the smoke, as Reiko gave an annoyed yowl and hissed at the ignorant passerby.