Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 62 - There's no hate, there's no love

Nezu carefully draped the large fluffy jacket over Midoriya's limp body, and slipped a pillow under his head. The boy's body was curled up slightly, his back pressing against the backrest of the couch. He was pale, his eye bags worse than usual, and his body was unnervingly still. Nezu would have thought he was dead if he didn't hear Midoriya's weak breathing.

After checking once again that Midoriya was fast asleep, Nezu quietly slipped out of his office, into the corridor, and fished out his phone. He quickly dialed Aizawa's number, and it didn't take more than a few rings for the Erasure Hero to respond.

"Nezu? Have you found Midoriya?"

"Yeah... He was trying to train in Gym Zeta." Nezu replied, "He's sleeping in my office right now, if anyone asks, tell them he's with me."

"That's great. Is he okay?"

"He bruised and injured his knuckles, but physically, he's fine. Mentally... he's more affected by the kidnapping and the events of Kamino than we thought. I'll organize a meeting with the other heroes who were involved in the Kamino event, but for now, we should give Midoriya some space to think things through."

"Alright. I'll tell Vlad King and the students tomorrow, in the morning."

Aizawa hung up, and Nezu stuffed his phone back in his pocket. He carefully opened the door to his office, and closed the door behind him gently. He sat down on the couch, and gently ruffled Midoriya's hair, before curling up on the sofa and closing his eyes.

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Kirishima idly flicked through the channels on the television, as he leaned back into the sofa. He wasn't even sure what was on television; his mind was preoccupied with other things. It was pretty late in the morning, almost ten in the morning, and everyone had mostly woken up from the movie night that had taken place the previous night. Some were eating breakfast, some were doing homework, and some were just fooling around, but he had seen pretty much everyone.

Everyone except Midoriya.

He wasn't in the common room, or in the bathrooms, or anywhere in the dorms. Shinsou and Todoroki had just checked his room, only to find Reiko and Ryuto sitting on his bed, and the green haired boy was nowhere in sight.

"Midoriya is usually up by now... I shall ask Aizawa-sensei. Perhaps Midoriya went out." Iida mumbled, just as the black haired teacher walked into the 1-A dorms.

"Ah, Aizawa-sensei, do you know -" Iida was cut off as Uraraka bounded up to Aizawa, "Sensei! Do you know where Midoriya is? He isn't in the dorms at all!"

Aizawa sighed, and pinched the bridge of his nose, "He's fine. He's with Nezu right now, so don't worry too much."

Kaminari heaved a huge sigh of relief, "That's great."

"I don't know when he'll come back to the dorms, or if he'll even come back tonight, but as far as I know... if he does, try not to jump him." Aizawa continued, "I think they're trying to work through a couple of problems. And especially after Kamino..."

Aizawa didn't have to continue. It made sense, to the five students who had gone to save Midoriya; obviously the green haired boy wouldn't have gotten over his kidnapping and subsequent torture at the hands of League so soon.

"Ah... Understood." Iida mutely replied, "Well, have a good day, Aizawa-sensei. I'll keep everyone in check."

"Yeah." Aizawa mutely mumbled, "Also, grocery shopping, I'm supposed to bring a couple of students out to grab... whatever you want. So, five students, who are coming with me?"