𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 || 𝐌𝐡𝐚

14

It's been a few days since he had gone into her room, and Midoriya still has yet to muster up the courage to speak with Reia. Despite being in the same house for basically all hours of the day, he hadn't spoken a word to her about what he saw.

He knows she's not a villain, otherwise neither him nor his classmates would've lived passed day one, as dark as the thought may seem. Of course, seeing a few figures of the League of Villlains was a little unnerving. He probably doesn't have to worry about it too much seeing as how the amounts of figures and plushies of his classmates and teachers outnumbered the amount of villains. He could just bring up the question later.

Midoriya sighs to himself softly, eyes shifting to Reia's back as she continues to cook for him and his classmates. Next to the woman was Hagakure and Ojiro helping her, Ojiro smiling with Hagakure laughing at something that Reia must have said. He watched her talk to his two classmates, and it seems he must have been staring a little too long when he heard someone speak.

"Uh, Midoriya?"

The boy blinked out of his stupor, turning to the person who spoke.

"Yeah Todoroki?"

"Is something wrong? You've been staring at Winters-sensei for a while."

Midoriya stiffened slightly. His green pools turned to his other two friends, and he saw they were staring at him in small confusion too. A sheepish smile made a way onto his face as he rubbed the back of his neck.

I guess I was too obvious, huh?

"It's...nothing. I guess I'm just...hungry?" He spoke uselessly.

His three friends blinked. They were silent for a little bit, but they seemed to believe him. A small giggle came from Uraraka. She placed her hand in his hair, ruffling the soft tufts.

"Don't worry Deku, it's almost done!"

Midoriya's face burst into red. Turned into a stuttering mess, it only took a few seconds after for Uraraka to realize what she had done. Her hand yanked back towards her body, and her face filled with blush as she flailed.

Once the food had arrived, everyone enjoyed the meal before heading off to start lectures. Although Midoriya was doing fine in keeping up with the lesson, his mind still remained elsewhere. He watched as Reia taught the students some earth science. She seemed to be a little more confident in her teaching abilities; less nervous.

While she continued to lecture the class on the planets, Midoriya mindlessly wrote down the notes onto his notebook. He still couldn't get it out of his head. The reveal in the manga about One for All. The villain minifigures in her room. The last manga in the collection. Was it the end of their story? What was going to happen? Should he even find out? How was he going to bring up One for All to Reia? How could he bring up the figures of the villains? Did she like the villains from their universe?

So many questions shot around in his head as his eyes remained on the table he was sitting in. Just as he was about to go on another tangent in his head, he felt someone nudge his shoulder, bringing him out of his thoughts. When he turned, he saw Todoroki raising an eyebrow at him, mouth slightly parted as he stared at him. That's when he realized everyone sitting at his table were staring at him.

Midoriya looked around at the rest of his classmates. They all stared at him, whilst Bakugo glared at him with his eye twitching. Immediately, Midoriya put his head down as his face began to burn a bright red. He must have been rambling again.

"Sorry," he mumbled in embarrassment.

A few of the surrounding students chuckled, and Reia gave the boy a small smile. After a few seconds, she had gone back to teaching the class, and Midoriya was careful not to talk for the remaining time.