Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 120 - I was only in my mind

Shinsou huffed in indignation as his phone vibrated again. Someone had been messaging him throughout his internship, and Shinsou had no idea who it was, since he hadn't been bothered to check his phone while he was arresting a couple of drunkards with the agency he was in.

He fished his phone out his pocket, and unlocked it.

Apparently, Kaminari and Sero had been spamming him with messages. Clicking on Kaminari's profile, he quickly scrolled through the messages, before scrolling through Sero's.

It seemed like they were trying to contact Midoriya, but to no avail, so they had tried to get to the greenette through him. He was leaving the agency later than usual, so there were a lot of messages.

Deciding that Sero would get to the point, Shinsou typed, "So what's up? What's with all the dms from you and Kami?"

"Okay, cool. Basically, Mido's interning with us tmr, for like, the next 3 days, so Edgeshot wanted to ask if he wanted to stay over in the agency like we are now. But they don't have his number so we tried dmming him but he still hasn't replied so we texted on the group chat and still no answer and we though if you msg him he might answer cause you're his friend?"

"I have internships too, you know. I'm not on my phone all the time." Shinsou texted back.

"Ya. We know. But you still stay in dorms so you'll see him somehow." Sero messaged back, "Also, Mineta was also trying to msg you? Cause you didn't respond so we got more ppl to msg."

"I blocked him." Shinsou blinked, typing back his response, "If I see Izuku I'll tell him. IDK if he's even back in UA yet."

"Okie! TYSM!"

Shinsou pocketed his phone, and changed back into his casual clothes, before folding his hero costume neatly and placing it back in the case, before heading towards the train station.

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Midoriya huddled down on the couch in the dorms, nursing his arm, the news on the television blaring, but he wasn't paying any attention. Shoji and Jiro were at their work studies, Tokoyami had just been posted to another agency that was far enough that he decided to stay in the agency, and Kirishima was most likely sleeping in his room.

He had stayed in Nezu's office until dinnertime, before he retired back to the dorms, deciding to stop being a burden to the animal principal and take care of himself.

Reiko was curled up on his lap, and Ryuto was huddled against his side, but there was still an empty feeling of loneliness within him.

Midoriya just sank into the couch, gazing blankly at the television, before he heard the sound of the door opening. He immediately sat up and turned towards the door, noticing Shinsou closing the door behind him.

"You're back." Midoriya spoke up, before he blinked and paused in his movements; why on earth had he said that?!

"Yeah, today's work study ended late." Shinsou groaned, putting his bag on the ground, "You okay there, Izuku?"

"I'm... fine..." Midoriya replied, turning back to the television, as Shinsou fished more instant noodles out of his bag, and headed towards the kitchen.

"You sure? You seem a little... well... lonely..." Shinsou muttered, boiling the water in the kettle, "I mean... it's not surprising. The dorms are surprisingly quiet. Never thought I'd miss the days when Kaminari or Ashido are screaming because they pissed Bakugou off again..."

He poured the hot water into his noodles, before settling down by the couch.

"Oh, yeah. Kaminari and Sero were trying to contact you, but they couldn't reach you, so they resorted to spamming me with direct messages. And Mineta too, apparently, but I have him blocked so eh." Shinsou shrugged, and Midoriya stared at the ground, muttering, "... sorry..."