Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 68 - I'm just a parlor trick

"Hey, Izuku. Izuku, wake up."

Midoriya could feel someone shaking him, and he blearily opened his eyes. He looked upwards, seeing Shinsou shaking him gently.

"You slept down here in the bean bag again. Come on, we're leaving for our exam soon and we should eat some breakfast. At least drink something." Shinsou muttered, as Reiko yawned and stretched, before hopping off Midoriya's chests. Ryuto was still snoozing by Midoriya's neck, and the boy gently picked the sleeping bird up before sitting up.

Midoriya stumbled to his feet, and carefully stretched, not wanting to wake Ryuto up. Midoriya flinched internally as his his joints made that weird popping sound; he was tired and aching all over from training, and while sleeping in the bean bag in the common room probably wasn't good for all his sore muscles, he could barely sleep in his own room for some unknown reason, and the common room was the only place where he could actually rest for the day.

Midoriya just placed Reiko and Ryuto on the table, before settling down in a chair, trying to ignore the feeling of unease bubbling in his stomach as he watched Iida wake up the rest of their classmates.

He could feel it. Something bad was going to happen, but he didn't know what.

You can't save anyone, Deku.

Shut up.

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Midoriya kept a tight grip on his case with his hero costume, as Shinsou and Iida hopped off the bus. Shinsou glanced at Midoriya worriedly; ever since he had woken up, Midoriya had been tense, on edge, almost as if he was expecting something to happen.

"Eraser? It's you, isn't it, Eraser?"

Aizawa's face immediately twisted into a scowl as he turned to face the source of the voice, and Shinsou sighed, "Oh dear. Here we go again..."

"I've seen you on TV and at the sports festival, but it's been a while since I've seen you in person!"

"Ms Joke?" Uraraka raised an eyebrow, watching as the female pro hero walked towards them, "Aizawa-sensei, you know her?"

"Unfortunately, yes." Aizawa muttered, just out of Fukukado's earshot. Fukukado laughed, and grinned, "Let's get married."

"No."

Fukukado burst into laughter, "No? Good one!"

"You're hard to talk to as usual!" Aizawa sighed, shaking his head. Why did he have to put up with all the noisy, annoying people? Why him?

"If you marry me, we can make a happy family with never ending laughter!"

"A family like that can't be happy." Aizawa retorted.

"You two seem close." Asui spoke up.

Fukukado smiled, turning to Asui, "Our agencies used to be close together! In our cycle of helping and being helped, our mutual love for each other bloomed and -"

"No it didn't."

"I love your quirk retorts! You're so worth teasing, Eraser!" Fukukado laughed, jabbing her finger in Aizawa's chest. Aizawa swatted her hand away, grumbling under his breath.

Midoriya subtly moved away from Fukukado. He was getting pretty annoyed with Fukukado at this point. While Yamada, Kayama and Yagi were noisy, they were actually trying to teach them something, so they were doing something constructive at the very least. Fukukado was just here, wasting their time.

The lack of sleep, as well as his agitation, were probably not helping his mood. Something bad was going to happen; Midoriya could feel it, the feeling of unease bubbling up from the depths of his very being. Ryuto nibbled Midoriya's earlobe, trying to reassure him.