Supernova (BNHA x Male OC)

14: Closer Yet Further Apart

"You've got this kiddo." Keigo said, giving the boy a thumbs up. Sanyu's face morphed into the ghost of a smile at the sight. "Just have fun. I didn't really go to high school, so I can't give you much advice but I can say that helping them study will definitely help you make friends." He assured him.

Sanyu nodded and gripped his backpack. The train arrived on the dot and Sanyu waved to Keigo before stepping onto it.

He could do this. He could do this. He had carried out countless covert operations in foreign countries, he could help his classmates study. He had taken on a militia armed with alien technology, he could do this.

The boy sat on the train, watching the little map light up displaying where they were and where they were headed. He repeated the stop near Yaoyorozu's house over and over again. Anxiety was something Hound Dog had told him about too because at this point he was wracking up a laundry list of conditions.

He had coping strategies but he found the most useful one was the one he couldn't tell anyone about. They all thought the nightmares had completely cleared up and he was taking naps more often because of that when in reality he was spending more time with Haemon.

The bright apartment was like a sanctuary. Neither this new world or his old one. Middle ground that he so desperately needed.

But he couldn't tell people he was spending time with a retired hero who spends all of his time in the dream dimension because, if his google searches were to be believed, the dream dimension wasn't something they new about. To be fair, his world hadn't known about it until Dreamweaver came onto the scene anyways. Maybe the dimension wasn't supposed to be reached here at all and Sanyu was the first to ever enter it from this world.

All that boiled down to was that he couldn't tell anyone about the real reason his nightmares stopped or Haemon.

Fun. Real fun.

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"Oyama! Thank you for coming." Yaoyorozu said, standing in the doorway with a smile. Sanyu nodded.

"I'm happy to help." He knew he didn't sound very happy, but it appeared she was used to that. The girl stepped aside and let him come inside.

He took his heavy black boots off and placed them on a shoe rack. Yaoyorozu gave him a curious look. "Forgive me if this is impolite, but do you have to wear socks on your prosthetic?" She asked.

Sanyu was a little embarrassed when he noticed he had indeed put a sock on the prosthetic. It wasn't necessary, it could calibrate to balance him out on its own. In fact he was told not to put socks on it because if there was a sudden battle it wouldn't be able to 'switch modes' so to speak.

But it was a habit.

"I don't have to, I just do sometimes." He said, trying to sound casual. Yaoyorozu just nodded and smiled.

"Everyone's in the dining room." She said, "Follow me.". Sanyu did so, his now slipper clad feet padding through the house, nearly silent on the hardwood floors.

Two grand doors opened to reveal about half the class. The whole 'Bakusquad' was there, Bakugou himself excluded. Midoriya and Uraraka were there too, although they had said before it was more for fun than actually studying. Their marks were already good.

"Oyama!" Ashido called out, "Come over here, we need some help translating this sentence.". Sanyu obliged, taking the chair next to her, across from Midoriya.

"I-" He hesitated for a second as he opened his backpack. "I brought snacks.". That was a normal thing, right? People normally brought snacks, didn't they?