Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 145 - Fall beneath the earth

Midoriya was really happy when Shinsou came back, but he knew that he had to let go because the taller boy needed to take a shower.

The greenette rested his cheek against the kitchen table, having taken a pack of instant noodles out of the cupboard. Ryuto was playing with Midoriya's hair as Reiko nibbled on his finger affectionately, as Asui hopped into the kitchen to grab some water.

"Ah, hello, Midoriya." She croaked, and filled her water bottle up with water, "Are you okay, kero?"

Midoriya subtly nodded, and Asui settled down on the chair next to Midoriya, "Thinking of Shinsou, kero?"

The greenette flicked his gaze over to her, and Asui just turned to face him, "Everything just feels right when he's around, right? That's how you feel, kero? You feel like you can do anything with him, but now he's not here, you're just tired, aren't you, kero?"

Midoriya let out a small, disgruntled grunt. He had no idea how Asui could read him so well, but he didn't really care too much either way, he felt like he was sapped of all his energy, and he didn't want to do anything.

"You're usually really hard to read. But you're really easy to read right now. You care about him a lot." Asui stated, taking a sip out of her bottle, "Shinsou likes you, and you clearly like him back, even if you don't understand your own feelings right now. I don't know your history with him, and I can't offer you much help or advice, but I think it's something you should try to figure out and talk to Shinsou about it."

Midoriya glanced at Asui, before he bit his lip, and stood up. He wasn't sure how long Shinsou was taking in the shower, but he did know that, with Aizawa's permission, he had helped Shinsou with the clothes in his laundry basket while he was in the hospital. He should return those as soon as possible.

"Good luck, Midoriya!" Asui smiled at him kindly, "I'm sure whatever you choose to do, it will work out, kero."

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Shinsou rubbed the towel through his hair, trying to get all the water droplets out as he walked out of his bathroom wearing a pair of boxers. Sure, the hospital had a bathroom and clean clothes and towels and stuff, but it was just nice to be back in his own room with his own stuff. His headache was acting up again, but it wasn't too bad, just mildly annoying.

Hanging the towel around his neck, Shinsou collapsed onto his bed happily. He felt fresh and clean, and it was just awesome being back in his own room and surrounded by his friends instead of being stuck in that nauseating hospital room filled with the smell of antiseptic. He definitely understood why Midoriya seemed to hate hospitals so much.

Shinsou sat up and reached into his closet, fishing out a pair of sweat pants and slipping them on. He dug around a bit more, before he realized that he didn't have anything warm to wear, and that most of his stuff was in the laundry basket since he had been admitted to the hospital the day before he had planned to do his laundry. Shinsou groaned, before went to grab his phone; Iida was larger than him, maybe he would have a spare shirt that he could lend him.

There was a knock on his door, and Shinsou looked up, surprised. He walked over and opened the door, noticing Midoriya standing at the door, holding a stack of his clothes, with Reiko and Ryuto at his feet.

"Uh..." Midoriya blinked, noticing that Shinsou wasn't wearing a shirt, before he glanced at the ground, "Aizawa-sensei... came in this afternoon... to grab clothes... and I noticed that you had clothes in the laundry basket so I kinda... uh... took them to the laundry..."

"Thank you so much." Shinsou smiled, "I couldn't find anything to wear."

"It's... fine..." Midoriya muttered, as Shinsou took the stack of neatly folded clothes and placed them on his bed, before he pulled out a hoodie and put it on. Midoriya was patiently standing outside the door, his eyes glued on the ground, before Shinsou tucked his clean clothes back into the closet.