Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 67 - Inside the real you

"Bean bags!" Kaminari cheered, and flopped onto a grey bean bag that was sitting in the middle of the common room.

"Woah! That's awesome!" Sero grinned, jumping onto a yellow bean bag, as Ashido flopped onto a light blue one.

Midoriya suspiciously stared at a black bean bag that was sitting in the corner, by the window. He poked it with his foot, as Reiko pawed up to the bean bag, and sniffed it, before purring and rubbing herself against Midoriya's leg.

"Eh? Why do we have bean bags?" Yaoyorozu asked, confused, as Aizawa walked into the room, "There was an accident in the library, and we needed to replace some of the furniture. We got bean bags, and the principal decided to add a few bean bags to the common room of each dorm since you teenagers seem to like bean bags in general."

Well... if Nezu was the one that got the bean bags, then they shouldn't be dangerous... they should be fine...

Aizawa watched as Midoriya spared a glance at Sero and Ashido, observing how they sat in the bean bag, before he settled down in it experimentally, copying them. He sunk into the bean bag, and he made a small squeak in confusion, before he lay down, as Ryuto hopped up onto his lap, settling into the crook of his elbow, and Reiko chirped, licking Midoriya's cheek as the boy settled down.

Midoriya looked exhausted, though most of his peers were also tired due to their training for the provisional license exam, but Midoriya looked like he hadn't slept at all. His eye bags were darker than usual, and there were times during lessons when he could tell that Midoriya wasn't really paying attention.

But at least he was still reacting when his name was called. If he had stopped reacting and just shut off like last time, it would be terrible. Aizawa was glad that Basilisk had showed up at the right time, and had given Midoriya that gift; whatever the contents of it were (a puzzle box, according to Nezu, Shinsou and Kayama), it had revived Midoriya's will to fight, to improve.

He should probably tell Nezu that Midoriya seemed to like the bean bag; that seemed to be a start. Maybe he could do something with that information.

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"I'll be giving back your math tests that you did last week." Ectoplasm spoke up. While he did give Midoriya homework that was beyond what his peers were learning, for formal tests and exams, he had Midoriya take the same tests as his classmates in order to give him a grade for official school documentation. Though lately, for some reason, Midoriya seemed distracted in lessons. He did his homework well, but his handwriting was messier than usual, and there were times where he just seemed to stare into space.

It wasn't the same situation as before; Midoriya still reacted when his name was called on during lessons to hand in homework, or to write his answers on the board, so there must be something bothering the boy. Ectoplasm didn't want to hide the fact that the Hero Commission wants him out of the hero course, but telling him that would just give Midoriya more stress.

"Ah, I only got a fifty percent." Kaminari sighed, and slumped onto his table, "I studied so hard for it too! And Yaomomo even tutored me!"

"Well, at least it was better than your last one, and you passed." Yaoyorozu smiled, as Ectoplasm gave her back her test. The teacher finally got to Midoriya's seat, and placed his test on his table, "Full marks, Midoriya. Given the level of mathematics homework I normally give you, I'm not surprised, but good job."

Midoriya blinked in confusion, and looked up, staring at his teacher as he handed Bakugou his test paper. His teacher actually praised him? Actually told him that he had done a good job?