Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 128 - But you told me

"Take care of the kids." Aizawa ordered the other teachers, before he walked up to the second floor to check on Midoriya and Shinsou, grabbing some water in the process; Midoriya was probably dehydrated after all his hyperventilation and crying.

He had already gotten the message from Shinsou, and had texted Togata to remain in his dorms and to inform his friends, who were no doubt going to crash the first year Hero Course Christmas party, before he quickly made his way to his adoptive son's room, only to find Shinsou sitting on the edge of the bed, gazing as Midoriya slept peacefully; or, at least, as peaceful as one could get with a tear-stained face and flushed cheeks.

"You okay, Hitoshi?" Aizawa quietly asked, closing the door behind him, and the lavender haired boy looked up, nodding, "Yeah... I... I knew it was bad for him... but I never thought that people would actually... be so mean to him... and I thought my situation had been bad..."

"I know..." Aizawa grabbed Shinsou's desk chair and sat down, noticing that Midoriya was still grabbing onto Shinsou's hand tightly, even in his sleep.

Aizawa could tell that Midoriya's words were still bothering Shinsou; after Midoriya's outburst, the teacher was sure that his words were still ringing in everyone's ears. But as much as Aizawa hated how much Midoriya's words were hurting Shinsou, he couldn't bring himself to blame the problem child; because this was the true Midoriya Izuku, not the emotionless, uncaring, apathetic facade that the child was always putting up.

The real Midoriya that had been abandoned by the world, the real Midoriya who had been beaten up and broken by the rest of the world, and still tried to see the best in everyone around him. The child that had been unrightfully wronged and discriminated against for no reason, and yet, placed all the blame on himself.

Just listening about all the insults that had been thrown at the boy, how many different ways the boy was told to kill himself, his classmates just leaving death wishes in the form of flowers on his desk, his teachers probably not really caring about the treatment of the poor quirkless boy... it just made his blood boil.

And Midoriya's words had rung another major alarm, something that they noticed from the start, but they originally brushed it off, and thought that it had been solved when Midoriya finally made friends with Shinsou, Koda, Iida, Uraraka, and Todoroki.

Friendship is a relationship that has many negative emotions attached to it. All you can do is wait for the eventual betrayal, but is it betrayal if you both agree on it, if you both agree that one person does not deserve anything, not friendship, not companionship, not anything at all?

Trust the wrong person, and they'll come and stab you in the back, figuratively or literally.

Combine them together, and all you have coming for you is the imminent pain and horror, that you made such a mistake, that the people you once thought to be friends are the ones causing the pain, that in reality, no one cares about you.

Midoriya had written that in his essay from the very beginning of the year, and with all the context that the boy had spilled, it just made the true, harsh reality of Midoriya's past all the more horrifying. The world had been unrightfully cruel to the child who was just trying to survive and live his life.

The green haired boy's breath hitched suddenly, and he let out a small, pitiful whine, curling in on himself slightly. Shinsou gently ruffled Midoriya's hair, eliciting a small purr from the boy. Aizawa noted that Midoriya seemed to like affectionate gestures, probably due to him being touch-starved ever since he was a child.

Shinsou asked softly, "You're not going to put him on suicide watch... are you?"

"I highly doubt it. That would be an even more toxic environment for him. Putting him in a place that would just monitor his every move would stress him out, and would do him more harm than good." Aizawa admitted, "I think... he finally understands that people actually do care about him... and he might be more willing to open up."