Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 99 - All the weight of the world

Shinsou stood outside of Midoriya's door.

They had just finished dinner, but Midoriya had spent all his time cooped up inside his room. They had originally wanted to invite him for dinner, but they figured that he wasn't in the mood, and Sato had left a small portion of food for Midoriya.

Most of the students were either watching television, or had gone back to their rooms. Kaminari wanted to have a game night, as was currently trying to get permission from Aizawa to do so. Shinsou figured it might be a good time to ask Midoriya if he wanted to eat before that started.

He knocked on the door, "Hey, Izuku, you hungry? Sato left some food for you."

No reply.

Shinsou frowned, and knocked on the door again, slightly louder this time, "Izuku? You okay? If you don't want to eat, can you at least say something, please?"

Still no reply. Shinsou was starting to get worried. Midoriya didn't talk a lot, but usually, if he didn't want to leave the room, he would at least tell them that he wasn't hungry, or that he was doing something.

But all he got was silence.

Maybe he's sleeping.

It was a possibility, but Shinsou didn't think that was it. Midoriya had a tendency to overthink, and the last thing he would be doing was to sleep. He would be thinking about what that woman had said, and -

Shinsou reached out, and grabbed onto the doorknob, and turned it. To his surprise, he was able to turn it fully, and he bit his lip.

"Izuku? Izuku, are you alright? You okay in there?"

Still no reply.

He had a bad feeling about this. If Midoriya was doing work, he would usually lock his door in case Kaminari and Ashido or anyone decided to barge into his room for no reason. There was no reason for Midoriya to not lock his door, and yet, not reply.

He pushed open the door, his eyes adjusting to the darkness of Midoriya's room, and just stared, stunned at what he found.

Midoriya was sitting in a corner of his room, looking down lifelessly as he dug his knife into his arm. He pulled it out, only to repeat the motion, over and over again, as blood spilled down on the floor. Ryuto was standing next to him, a rather large pack of bandages in one of his talons, not really knowing what to do, as Reiko was fiddling with his phone, desperately trying to unlock it.

Shinsou's heart dropped, and he quickly closed the door behind him, locking it, before flicking on the lights, "Izuku!"

Midoriya didn't notice Shinsou's presence, until the lavender haired rushed up to him and literally ripped the knife out of his hands. Midoriya looked up, somewhat dazed, as Shinsou cradled his injured arm gently, inspecting the damage. Midoriya's arm was covered in a multitude of cuts, each of them sinking deep into his flesh, and the floor was covered in blood.

Using one arm to protect Midoriya's injured arm, Shinsou gently pulled Midoriya to his feet, supporting the smaller boy as he led him to the bathroom. Shinsou turned on the tab, and ensured that the water wasn't too cold, before carefully guiding Midoriya's injured arm under the running water.

Midoriya was barely fazed, even though water coming into contact with a wound like that would cause most people to be screaming like banshees.

After deeming the wound clean enough, Shinsou led Midoriya to his bed, kicking the knife away. He quickly rummaged through Midoriya's closet, and grabbed a few clean towels; he knew where the towels were after the entire fiasco with the washing machines. He pressed one up against the deep gashes on Midoriya's arm, and gently applied pressure on it, not wanting to hurt Midoriya even more by accident.