Hello everyone I hope you enjoy this chapter (:
P.S this chapter might get a bit sad
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Ryuji POV
I wake up the next day in the hospital and the doctor tells me that I should be good to go home today after some test to make sure that my body is in good condition.
"Alrighty you should be all good to go" the doctor says,"I'll go and give your parents a call so that they can come and pick you up" he says while leaving the room
As the doctor leaves the room I think about what happened at the USJ. How I wasn't able to stop that Nomu thing and how I was almost crushed like a tin can.
"Maybe a quirkless kid like me really isn't fit to be a hero" I sadly say
I wait in sad silence as my mom comes and picks me up at the hospital
"Hello sweetie I'm so glad you're ok I was worried sick" my mom says as she hugs me
I hug her back and get into the car.
"Are you ok Ryuji dear? You seem kinda down" my mom says
"I'm ok mom...I'm just tired" I lie to her
"Oh ok...get some rest when we get home" she says
"I will" I respond
We arrive at home and I head for my lab. My lab is my place of comfort where I can just be myself there. I see my suits in the process of getting repaired by my builder bots. I look at the sparks that are flying off and all the torn off pieces of metal and I can't help but feel disappointed in myself.
Arvin's POV
Ryuji gets home and I can already tell that he's upset. I know that me saying something will either make it worse or it won't affect him at all. I can only think of one person who could possibly help him out right now.
Toru POV
I sit in my bed and think about the USJ it still makes me almost cry every time I remember Ryu's bloodied face and when he was almost crushed to death by that Nomu or whatever it was called. As I'm lying in bed I get a ring from the earpiece that Ryu gave me. I rush over and quickly place it in my ear.
"R-Ryu is that you?" I say hopefully
"Sadly it isn't" I hear Arvin's voice say
"Oh... is Ryu ok?" I ask
"Ryuji has just gotten home, in fact that is the reason I'm calling you, when Ryuji got home I could tell that he was depressed about this whole situation and I was wondering if you could come over to try and cheer him up?" Arvin's tells me
"Y-Yes I'll be over right away" I quickly say as I rush to get some proper clothes on
"Very good I'll notify his parents that you are on your way" Arvin's says and hangs up
I get some presentable clothes on and grab my phone as I rush out the door after telling my parents that I'll be going to Ryuji's house.
Ryuji POV
I'm currently just watching my builder bots work on fixing my two suits. I just can't find the motivation to help them fix on it. I can't even mind the motivation to work on anything right now, what's the point, it's not like it will matter.
"Knock knock knock"
I hear a knock on my lab door and I guess that it's probably my mom coming to check on me.
"I'm ok mom, I'm currently just working on something" I lie thinking it's her
"Uh it's actually me" I hear Toru's voice?
"Toru is that you?" I ask
"Uh yeah I wanted to come and check on you" she says
I open the door and let her in. I close the door and lead her into my lab
"So have you been?" I say with a fake smile
"I've been ok, I'm actually here to see how you have been" she says
"Who me? Oh I've been just fine you know, just working on fixing my suits" I try to convince you
"Ryuji I know you're lying, you don't even have a smidge of grease or oil anywhere on your body so please tell me what wrong so I can help you" she says as she hugs me
"I...I...I'm fine I swear" I say frantically
"Ryuji it's ok to be sad, it's ok to cry and depend on others...so please right now I want you to depend on me"she says softly
For some reason those words end up being my breaking point and the tears begin to flood out of me. I nudge her off me and grab a wrench and start slamming it on a piece of scrap junk
"DAMMIT ,DAMMIT, DAMMIT!!" I shout as I keep slamming into the junk as tears are just streaming down my face,"HOW CAN I EVEN HOPE TO BE A QUIRKLESS HERO IF I CAN'T EVEN BEAT ONE ENEMY WITH A SUIT THATS DESIGNED TO BEAT THINGS LIKE THAT NOMU!!" I yell as I drop my wrench and fall to my knees crying,"I SHOULD JUST GIVE UP WHILE I CAN!" I cry out and start bawling loudly. I then feel someone crouch in front of me. I look up to see Toru in front of me.
"It's ok Ryuji just let it all out" she says says softly as she opens her arms for a hug.
I desperately latch onto her and cry into her shoulder as she rubs my back with her hand.
"I'm a failure Toru...there is no possible way I could become a hero" I say as I continue to cry,"I didn't even get a scratch on the Nomu no matter how hard I tried it was perfectly fine!" I cry out
"Oh Ryu...that isn't how I see it," she says
"What do you mean?" I sniffle out
"Do you know that thing had multiple quirks?" She says,"and one of those quirks being shock absorption" she tells me
"What does that have to do with the fact that I failed to beat it?" I ask
"Ryu you held your own against a monster that even almost beat All Might" she says
"That doesn't change the fact that I still lost and almost died because of it" I say
"You know a bit after you passed out Bakugo almost died from it too, if it wasn't for All Might taking the hit, Bakugo couldn't even react to the speeds that the Nomu went at and the Nomu easily broke out of Todoroki's ice and easily took hits from Midoriya" Toru tells me
"Where are you going with this?" I ask
"Can't you see, other than All Might you were the only one able to put up a fight against the Nomu" she says
"I know but how can I ever hope to be a hero when I can't even save my classmates" I say as I start to cry again
Before I break out into tears, Toru cups her hands over my face and lifts it up so that our eyes meet.
"Ryu you are already a hero, at least in my eyes" she says,"you've been by my side since the entrance exams and time wise that may not seem like the longest time but in that small amount of time you've already done so much for me, way more than pretty much everyone I've ever known. Even though you can't even see what I look like you never judged me and still liked me for who I am and I can't ever thank you enough for that" she happily says to me
"Oh Toru I should be the one thanking you" I say,"even when you found out I was Quirkless you still became my first friend that I've ever had in my life. I may have had Arvin but he isn't a physical person that I could lean on, you are such an important person in my life that I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you" I say to her with a genuine smile on my face
Our faces start to lean into each other, but just as we are inches apart someone loudly knocks on the door, we both jump back startled.
"Ryuji dear is everything ok in there I heard some banging and yelling" I heard my mom say
"Everything is fine mom I just dropped something on my toe and it hurt a lot" I yell to her
"Ok sweetie I just want to make sure that you're ok" she says as I hear her walk away
Toru and I stand up from the ground
"Uh thanks Toru...I really needed that" I say to her
"It's no problem I'm just glad I can help you" she bashfully says
"If uh you never need a shoulder to cry on just give me a call or something and I'll be there, I know I'm not the best when it comes to mushy stuff like you are but my offer will always stand" I say
"I'll keep that in mind" she says
"So uh do you want to hang out a bit longer now that I'm feeling better?" I ask
"I would like that" she says
We hang out a bit longer as I help my bots fix up my suits so that they are ready for action. After a while Toru heads home but I still can't get the moment where are faces were so close to each other out of my head, I try to distract myself by working on a new suit that can come straight to me like the Might-Buster does but on a smaller scale. After a while I end up just going to bed still thinking about the moment Toru and I had.
Toru POV
I'm currently lying down in bed freaking out about that moment Ryuji and I had before his mom interrupted us.
"Oh gosh if his mom didn't interrupt would we have k-k-k-kissed?!" I say as I roll back and forth on my bed,"there is no way that Ryu actually likes me, he's way to busy with his inventions and his goal to be a hero to find romance in his life" I say
Even so I can't get what he said about me out of my mind. And the moment where we almost kissed doesn't help either.
"Oh Ryu if only I had a mind reading quirk so that I could just find out what you are thinking" I say as I look at a selfie I took of us for the first time that we hung out together. I set the picture as my phone background so that I can always look at that smile of his.
"I wonder if you are feeling the same things I'm feeling?" I wonder
Ryuji POV
I look at my phone while in bed at a picture that Toru took of us when we hung out for the first time. I don't know what it is about this picture but it makes me smile every time I look at it. I decide to set it as my background so that I can look at the picture easier and more often. I then turn off my phone and go to sleep so that I can get up tomorrow morning and work on my suits. The school gave us time off to recuperate from the USJ so I'm gonna use this time to improve myself.
Time skip...
It's been a couple of days and school has finally opened again and I'm making semi good progress on my newest suit, but it's gonna be a while before I can get the outcome I want. I'm currently heading out my door so that I can head to school with Toru.
"H-Hey Ryu, how are you doing?" Toru asks
"O-Oh I'm doing just fine" I say," how about yourself?" I ask
"I-I'm doing good, I'm glad to see that you're doing better" she says
"Yeah thanks again for that, I really needed it" I say
"It was no problem" she says
We continue to walk to school and once we arrive we take our seats like usual. After a bit I see Midoriya walk in and I notice that he sees me too.
"O-Oh Takashi I'm glad to see that you are doing ok" Midoriya says
"Yeah I just a little banged up, but it's nothing I can't handle" I say,"oh yeah I was wondering how that suit worked for you?" I ask
"The suit works great! When I used my quirk my bones didn't break they just ended up sore" he says
"Good that was my intention so that you don't use the suit as a crutch to not master your power" I tell him
We talk a bit longer until Midoriya goes back to his seat and I wait for the teacher to come. After I bit I see Aizawa-sensei walk in and I'm pretty amazed that he can keep on teaching
"Your fight isn't over yet" Aizawa says
"What does he mean by that? The sports festival maybe?" I wonder
"The sports festival is almost here and you will have the rest of this week to prepare for it" he says
"Of course I was right" I think
After the last bell rings and I go over to Midoriya
"You are to come to my place to train extra hard all week, you got that?" I say as I stare him down
"Y-Yes sir" he says
"Good" I say as I walk away
"Hey Ryu" Toru says as we walk together
"What's up?" I ask
"Do you think I could train at your place again as well? It really helped me out a lot last time even if it was so tiring" she says
"You're welcomed to come to my place anytime, either if it's for training or just to hang out or whatever you are always welcomed in my lab" I say to her
"Thanks Ryu I'll make sure to come by a lot this week to train and hang out with you" she says
We split off and go to our respective homes. When I get home I head straight for my lab to get to work on my new suit again. Sadly it won't be done for the sports festival but I'm estimating that it'll be done like a month or two after the final exams.
"Arvin put on my favorite playlist because I've got a long week ahead of me" I say
"Right away sir" Arvin responds
"Let's get started because I've got a festival to win" I say
I'm gonna make up for my loss against the Nomu by winning this sports festival...
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That does it for this chapter you all got to see a bit of Ryuji's sensitive side. I don't want Ryuji to fly through his technological breakthroughs so that's why I'm having him stick with his suitcase suit A.K.A Quirk-Buster MK 2 for now. Plus if he had a suit similar to Iron Man's mark 42 suit it would get in the way of some future events that I have planned. I'm also not gonna rush into Ryuji and Toru having a relationship but I am gonna give them some moments here and there. That's all I wanted to say so I'll be seeing you all in the next chapter (: