Hero of Hearts (Soriku)

Chapter 2

"The… This… Some...took…"

Riku could barely hear Sensei Cementoss as he floated in and out of consciousness. What was the class? Wasn't...Modern Literature scheduled for this period?

He shifted his eyes up to the clock. He had to squint for more than a moment to combat the blurriness of tired eyes before he could figure out the time. Luckily, he figured, the class would be over in a minute or so, and he finally gave up trying to combat his drowsiness. He fell asleep, head tilted back.

It had been barely a minute or two before Riku slowly woke up, feeling something placed upon the middle of his upper back shaking him.

"Riku!" Sora called. "Wake up!"

Riku groaned as he exhaled into the desk his face was pressed up against. He slowly lifted his face from the desk as he struggled to open his eyes.

While Riku waited for his eyes to adjust to the light of the room, he turned his head to the Sora he could barely make out. "What?" Riku's voice was filled with annoyance.

Sora crossed his arms. "You want food, don't you?"

Finally, Riku could see decently. "Sure," he sighed, before the worried frown on Sora's face caught his eyes. "Sora," his tone of voice audibly shifted to one of concern, "What's wrong?"

"What do you…? Oh! I was gonna ask if you were okay, Riku."

"Why?"

Sora scratched his cheek as he answered, "Well...you fell asleep...and right after the bell rang, your face just fell and hit the desk so loud it scared us."

"Yeah!" a voice on the other side of Riku agreed.

Riku turned to the opposite side where Uraraka stood by his desk.

"It was like...bang!" Uraraka threw her arms out to emphasize the sound. "I just hope your poor face is okay," she smiled.

Riku lifted himself up from his desk, waving her off. "It's fine. Didn't even know it happened till Sora woke me up." He turned to Sora, who was now smiling. "So…"

"Riku." Sora took his hand. "Ochako invited us to eat with her and her friends. Wanna come?" His eyes lit up in excitement. Riku knew just how happy he probably was with the prospect of making a friend or two on the first day.

"Sure." Riku nodded. He had thought about saying no, but he didn't have the energy to refuse Sora, or a backup plan. Though, it's not like he could've refused Sora anyways, especially with the way Sora was smiling.

"Cool!" Sora drug Riku over to where Midoriya and Iida stood between desks.

"...so of course we would get fired up!" Iida pulled his arms to his sides, hands into fists, and moved his hips from side to side as he pumped his arms in a pedaling motion. It was an...interesting little dance to say the least.

Riku started to laugh as Sora exclaimed, "Wow! You gotta be really excited!"

Asui glanced back at Iida. "Iida, you have a unique way of getting fired up. It's weird."

Iida turned to Midoriya. "Midoriya, you don't feel the same?"

"Of course I do," Midoriya answered, his hands balled up. "But something…"

"Deku, Iida, Akarui, Usugurai…"

The four boys turned to Uraraka in confusion.

Uraraka had an intimidating face of confidence, and she spoke in a deeper voice than normal. Unwavering confidence emanated from her in waves. "Let's do our best at the sports festival."