Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 163 - I let you get under my skin

Midoriya opened his eyes slowly, adjusting to the darkness of the room, before he sat up, rubbing his eyes. Shinsou just shifted slightly, mumbling something under his breath as he continued sleeping, as Reiko and Ryuto unconsciously tried to find the warmest spot on the best that was also the most accessible.

He knew that it was morning, and that they had to start getting ready so that they could attend lessons at the right time, but he was really not looking forward to the week at Ketsubutsu Academy.

Midoriya was lost in his own thoughts for a few minutes, before Shinsou's phone alarm rang, indicating that it was time to get up. The taller boy let out a groan, flipping over to silence the alarm, before he just pulled the covers back over himself, going back to sleep.

The greenette just raised an eyebrow, and poked Shinsou in the cheek.

"Morning..." Shinsou muttered, opening his eyes slightly, "I want to sleep."

Midoriya let out an incoherent grumble, and Shinsou sighed, looking up at Midoriya, his eyes glinting slightly in the darkness of the room, "I know you don't want to get here either... but we're here now... We don't have much of a choice, you know..."

He knew that Midoriya was worried, and he trusted Midoriya's instincts and gut feeling, but until something actually happened, they couldn't do anything about it.

Before Midoriya could reply, Shinsou yanked the small boy down, wrapping his arms around the greenette, before he went back to snuggling under the covers, "You do know that you set that alarm like... an hour too early... And the teachers did allow us to sleep in a little on the first day here... I know you like being over-prepared but... we can stay here for a little longer..."

Midoriya let out a small rumble from the back of his throat, shifting closer to Shinsou, cuddling up to the taller boy.

Everything would be fine. He should stop overthinking things so much.

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The UA students slowly pushed their way past several Ketsubutsu students, moving down the stairs as the others tried to make their way up.

Each class' homeroom teacher had given the students a brief tour of the school and the various facilities that they would be using, as well as going through other administration stuff like safety protocols, and they were going to be introduced to the various classes they would be joining in the period before lunch.

The halls were filled with students who were going to and from classes, and Midoriya was really doing his best to try and not bump into anyone.

Suddenly, he felt a familiar aura behind him, but before he could do anything, a familiar voice rang out, "Oops! I didn't see you there!"

He felt a hand on his shoulder. Midoriya had time to react, but he didn't have any space to move without disturbing anyone else, and before he knew it, he was tumbling down to the stairs, landing on his arm harshly. Luckily, nothing was broken, and he just pushed himself up, slightly dizzy.

Midoriya could hear faint laughter in the background, as Shinsou rushed down the stairs to check on him, pushing past other students who didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that someone had been pushed down the stairs.

"Are you okay?" The lavender haired boy asked, and Midoriya nodded slowly.

"Who was that?" Shinsou growled, turning towards the top of the staircase, but it was clear that the perpetrator was long gone.

The teacher they had been with was nice, but he was really oblivious, and he didn't even seem to notice the commotion. He just turned around, gesturing towards the duo, "Come on, kids, we don't have all day! We need to pick up the pace if we're going to start lessons on time!"