CH 22 || Vulnerability

Hiya! Here's a chapter! (I probably won't see or reply to comments since my internet is not working right now, and I'm using my data to upload this).

Not proofread but still enjoy!
Reminder !! Look at the following clearly for I will be using them to indicate speech of different languages:
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" These are indicators that they are speaking English "
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Nowadays, it is getting harder and harder to focus, BoBoiBoy finds himself realizing. The test sheet in front of him blurring in and out of his vision, making it difficult for him to recheck his answers. He checks the clock on the wall and sees that he has roughly 10 minutes left. Placing his pencil down, BoBoiBoy massages his temples with his fingers — trying to ease his growing headache. Before he knew it, he blacked out and suddenly the test was over, and everyone handed their test to their teacher.

​​「 Okay, that's it for class. 」 Aizawa announced as he tapped the stack of papers on the podium to align them, ​​「 There's only one week left until the final exams. You all are studying properly, right? 」 Their homeroom teacher makes sure they are reminded of their upcoming exams. ​​「 I'm sure you already know, but this won't just be a written exam. There's also a practical component. Make sure you train your minds and bodies at the same time. 」

​​「 That's all. 」 With that, Aizawa exits the classroom, leaving his class who erupted into commotion the moment he left. Kaminari and Mina were the most vocal of their distress. ​​「 I haven't studied at all! 」 They both exclaimed, and while Mina appeared chillaxed, she was most definitely just as stressed as Kaminari. Both were at the very bottom of their academic scores with Kaminari at 21st and Mina at 20th.

​​「 With the sports festival and internships, I didn't study at all! 」 Kaminari groaned as he put his hands on head. Tokoyami, who placed 15th, nodded in agreement. ​​「 It's true that we had one event after another, but... 」 He trailed off into his thoughts.

​​「 For the midterms, we'd just started school, so they didn't cover much, so I didn't really have a hard time with them, but with the back-to-back events and stuff, the final exams will be different... 」 Satou, in 13th, chattered as Kouda, in 12th, nodded silently while he listened.

Smugly seated in his seat, Mineta, who surprisingly placed 10th, said, ​​「 It'll be tough since there's a practical exam, too. 」 Kaminari and Mina expressed their shock by getting irritated by the short purple-haired boy who they thought was like them.

Izuku (bless his heart) tried to cheer his classmates up by encouraging them. 「 Ashido-san, Kaminari-kun! L-Let's do our best! 」 The 4th ranker exclaimed with a smile, ​​「 We all want to go to the training camp together, right? 」

Tenya joined in, who was 2nd in the rankings, gesturing wildly with his hand. 「 Yes! As class rep, I also have high hopes that you'll all be moved to action! 」 Whilst 5th ranker, Shouto, on the other hand, unintentionally sent a jab at them with his statement. 「 It's pretty hard to fail if you just pay attention in class. 」

​​「 Be careful with your words! 」 Kaminari exclaimed, clutching his chest, as he averted his eyes away from their seemingly blinding aura.

​​「 You two, I may be able to be of assistance with the class lectures. 」 Momo, the rank 1 of their class, offered her assistance, making blond and pinkette to exclaim in pure gratefulness, ​​「 Yaomomo! 」

Despite her confidence in assisting their studies with the written exam, Momo sullens as she said, ​​「 I can't help at all with the practical, though... 」 To which both BoBoiBoy and Shouto look at her with confused expressions that no one but them notices.

Even though she ranked in the top 10 in 8th, Kyouka approaches Momo with her notebook in hand. ​​「 I'm not one of those two, but can I join, too? I'm having some trouble with quadratic functions... 」 She asked, waving her notebook, as she gave Momo a pleading glance.

​​Momo lifts her head, turning to Kyouka, slightly surprised. Sero walked up to her right after. ​​「 Sorry, me too! How are you with classical Japanese? 」 He exclaimed as he pressed his hands together in a prayer. He was hoping to improve his 19th ranking.

​​「 I'd like to join, too. 」 Ojiro, the 9th ranker, joined in, offering a shy smile. ​​「 There's a bunch of stuff I don't get... 」 He explained.

​​「 Please! 」 The three exclaimed.

​​「 Everyone! 」 Momo was shocked but very flattered. With a bit of her confidence returning, Momo stands up and accepts with a big smile. ​​「 Yes, of course! 」

​​「 All right! 」 They cheered.

Momo then goes on about what the plan is going to be. Mina seemed incredibly excited to see what noirette's house, which will be used to hold their study session, will be like. Though, they did start to get confused when Momo began talking about asking her mother to open up the hall and asking what type of tea everyone was partial to.

​​「 Of course, you can trust me to help you study, too! 」 Momo happily stated, her bounciness radiating in such brilliance it was almost blinding. 「 I will definitely show you how I can help! 」

​​ It's like she slapped me with the huge difference in how we were born... but her bounciness is so cute that I don't care. 」 They all thought.

While Momo seemed like a better person to ask, 16th ranked Kirishima approached Bakugou who seemed to be fuming at the fact that he was ranked 3rd. And surprisingly, Bakugou agreed, albeit said in a more violent tone.

Meanwhile, Aoyama decidedly didn't bother cramming this late in the game but Shouji, who's ranked 11th, would disagree since Aoyama was ranked on the lower side in 18th. The dramatic blond glared at him and the multi-armed teen dropped the topic.

BoBoiBoy, on the other hand, wonders if he should come along with Momo's study session and maybe convince Shouto to join too. But since he already had a Japanese tutor who is Rei and with Shouto helping him with history, he could probably just focus on the other subjects and the practical portion of the exam.

There was still so much he wanted to do — needed to do. The counseling and the therapy was still something to get used to. But for now... he just wanted to find a way to split again without second guessing himself.





By lunchtime, most of the hero course students were busy getting some sort of clue on what they were going to do for the practical exam. BoBoiBoy sat with Izuku and the others, happily munching on his lunch, as they group discussed the upcoming exams. Izuku was worried about the practical exam despite Tenya's reassurance that it probably won't be anything crazy. Somehow, BoBoiBoy doubts that. Knowing Aizawa, the man probably had something up his sleeve this time.

Ochako was a little jealous of Izuku's confidence in passing the exam. But then again, Izuku did place 4th while Ochako placed 14th. Hagakure and Tsuyu had the same idea of how useless it would be to ask their homeroom teacher for help on the question of what will be on the practical exam. The best they could come up with was a comprehensive test of everything they've learned this semester, which was basic training, combat training and rescue training.

​​「 What do you think, BoBoiBoy? 」 Izuku asked the brunet, who perked up at the question. Taking a few seconds to finish the food inside his mouth, BoBoiBoy thought about his past experiences with exams. ​​「 Mm... I don't know how different it is here, but in my experience, my exams were... 」 He trailed off for a moment, suddenly remembering how he had to multitask finishing an exam and fighting Ejo jo and another reminder of the EASY-A Exam. ​​「 ...kinda disastrous and really out there... 」

​​「 Though, if I have to guess... Maybe it–– 」 Just as he was about to put his input, something — or, well, more like someone — bumped him hard on the back of his head. Everyone at the table turned to the aggressor and found that it was that blond hater from the other hero course class who elbowed BoBoiBoy.

​​「 Oh, sorry. Your head was so big that I accidentally hit it. 」 The blond apologized half-heartedly with a sarcastic tone in his voice.

​​「 You're from Class B... Monoma! 」 Izuku exclaimed when he recognized him, meanwhile, Shouto looked like he was about ready to simultaneously freeze Monoma into a statue and burn him into ashes. ​​「 How dare you–– 」 ​​「 I heard you guys met the hero killer. 」 Shouto shut up when Monoma interrupted him with that statement.

He, BoBoiBoy, Izuku, and Tenya all tense at the mention of the incident.

​​「 Just like at the sports festival, you guys in Class A just have to have all the attention, huh? But that attention isn't because people have high hopes for you. It's because you keep attracting trouble, right? 」 Monoma went on and on, making the whole entire table uncomfortable and irritated by his accusations and declarations. Everyone was holding back their anger.

​​「 Oh, that's scary. Someday, the rest of us might also be caught up in the trouble you bring and become victims as well... 」 BoBoiBoy listened to every word he said, not daring to look the blond in the eye lest he actually loses it. But he might actually end up so regardless . . .

In the distance, Kendou saw what was happening and marched over, ready to smack his classmate for disturbing Class A. ​​「 Like getting cursed by the god of pestilence! Oh, that's sca–– 」 ​​「 Monoma—! 」

All of a sudden, BoBoiBoy stands up, causing both Monoma and Kendou's words to be cut short. Slowly lifting his head to look the blond straight in the eyes. ​​「 Monoma-kun... 」 BoBoiBoy said his name like it was poison in his mouth. Then the brunet's eyes flashed with anger. ​​「 What is your problem?! Seriously! 」 He yelled, catching the entire cafeteria's attention.

​​「 Why do you hate us so much? What did we ever do to you? 」He continued to shout as everyone, including his friends, watched in shock as the usually cheerful teen snapped. ​​「 This isn't anything like friendly rivalry... this is just pure harassment! 」

​​「 You keep spouting things like how we always steal the spotlight for both good and bad things... 」

​​「 ...you say how we'll bring trouble and others will become victims... 」

​​「 ...and yet you don't acknowledge the fact that we're victims too! 」

There were tears in BoBoiBoy's eyes at this point. The feeling of anger, guilt, disappointment consuming him. ​​「 Is it because we're heroes-in-training that you don't recognize us as such? Is that how it is? 」 He took a step closer towards Monoma, pointing a finger at him. ​​「 You think we asked for bad things to happen to us? You think we wanted to cause trouble? You think it's fun for us to be in this position... 」

​​「 How could you selfishly think only about how our suffering could 'curse' you... 」

​​「 How insensitive could you be, Monoma-kun! 」 He screamed as he buried his face in his hands. The room fell silent. No one dared to break the silence. Stunned, his friends wanted to do something, anything, to comfort the sobbing brunet, but none of them could move at that moment.

​​「 BoBoiBoy... 」 They all simultaneously called the boy's name.

Snapping back to the present, BoBoiBoy lifts his head from his hands when he hears his name. He looked at his friends first, the worried looks on his face making him feel even more guilty than he already was, then he turn back to Monoma, purposely avoiding the blond's gaze.

​​「 I... I'm sorry... 」 BoBoiBoy mumbled, hurriedly packing his half-eaten lunch back in its lunchbox. ​​「 I've lost my appetite. 」

And then he leaves.

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Hitoshi was the one who found him curled up in a ball at the rooftop.

The indigo-haired teen remembers how this place used to be where he ate lunch before the events of the sports festival. It was isolated, hardly anyone went up here, and it was quiet. He knew that BoBoiBoy went up here during the time he avoided his friends and classmates to eat lunch by himself. He knew that there was an occasion where one of the brunet's classmates even found him here.

So, of course this was the first place he looked in his search for the brunet. BoBoiBoy clearly heard him enter by the sudden jolt of his shoulders at the sound of the rooftop doors opening and closing. Hitoshi didn't say anything as he made his way towards the brunet, sitting down next to him and leaning against the concrete railings.

The sobs coming from the brunet were hard to listen to. It made Hitoshi's chest ache and his stomach all sorts of upset. Was this what it felt like to be angry on behalf of your friend? Hitoshi wondered. Reaching out towards the brunet with one hand, Hitoshi gently pushes BoBoiBoy's head onto his shoulder, the hand atop the brunet's head carefully patting it in an attempt of comfort. Hitoshi didn't say anything, and BoBoiBoy simply buried his face in the indigo-haired teen's shoulder, letting out a whimpered hum to let him know that he appreciated the gesture.

They stayed like that for a moment longer, not saying a word and in each other's company.

​​「 I'm tired... 」 BoBoiBoy finally spoke.

Taking a better look at the brunet, Hitoshi can definitely see what he means. There were growing dark circles underneath BoBoiBoy's eyes, which lacked its usual brightness, his hands trembled, and his voice was hoarse when he spoke. ​​「 You could definitely use a well deserved sleep, though, I don't think I could help you with that.. 」 Hitoshi said as he pointed to his dark eyebags with his free hand.

A small, soft chuckle escaped BoBoiBoy's lips, nodding at Hitoshi's statement. ​​「 You could learn a thing or two from Air, though. 」 The cheeriness was slowly coming back to his voice, but Hitoshi wasn't sure if it was real or not. BoBoiBoy seemed to sense his apprehension but said nothing about it.

​​「 I didn't mean to scream at Monoma-kun... 」 BoBoiBoy professed. Hitoshi couldn't keep himself from scoffing. ​​「 He was being an asshole. He had to learn one of these days. You just put him in his place. 」 Hitoshi remarked, moving his arms to cross them across his chest, as BoBoiBoy turned his head to its side on the indigo-haired teen's shoulder.

BoBoiBoy looked up at Hitoshi who noticed his gaze and stared back at him. ​​「 But you were also like that, weren't you? Rude but just incredibly misjudged. 」 Hitoshi's brow furrowed at the brunet's bluntness, but he didn't have a rebuttal. He was like that before, huh?

Hitoshi sighed. ​​「 Guess I'm being hypocritical, huh? 」 BoBoiBoy nodded his head. ​​「 That's why I feel so much worse than I already do. Maybe he was going through something in the past that made him act that way. 」 Always trying to look at it from the other person's point of view — BoBoiBoy was incredibly kind, Hitoshi was reminded of it again.

​​「 But, you are right. I couldn't just let him be like that without saying something. 」 BoBoiBoy said, ​​「 It was so insensitive that I'm kinda glad it was us instead of someone else. 」

​​「 My friends have a tough cookie to crack. 」 BoBoiBoy lifted his head off of the indigo-haired teen's shoulder and gave him a genuine, sincere grin. ​​「 Thank you for cheering me up, Shin-kun. 」

For once, Hitoshi let a smile form on face. ​​「 You can just drop the honorifics and just call me Hitoshi. 」 BoBoiBoy stared at him, wide-eyed, for a moment before beaming at him. ​​「 Okay, Tosh-Tosh~! 」

It was Hitoshi's turn to stare at the brunet with wide eyes as his cheeks burn with a red flush. ​​「 You and your stupid nicknames. 」

​​「 Hehe~ 」 BoBoiBoy giggled. ​​「 But, seriously... Thank you, Tosh. 」

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By the time lunchtime ended, BoBoiBoy had successfully messaged and responded to every single text his friends and classmates sent him. It was nice to be reminded that there were people who cared and worried about him. Thus, BoBoiBoy was headed back to class now with Hitoshi escorting him. Despite his protest, his indigo friend was persistent and BoBoiBoy eventually gave in.

They talked as they walked, using this chance to catch up on what they missed out. Hitoshi was quick to rant and complain about Hatsume's using him as a beta tester for her inventions that usually involved explosions. BoBoiBoy couldn't help but laugh much to Hitoshi's chagrin. With countless topics, BoBoiBoy was both surprised and relieved that Hitoshi didn't bring up the most relevant one. Hitoshi also told him about what the orange-haired girl from class B, Kendou, told his friends about how the practical exams might be the robots from the entrance exams. But BoBoiBoy doesn't seem convince it will be for some reason.

"You can tell me when you want and feel comfortable enough to." Hitoshi seemed to tell him telepathically. If BoBoiBoy didn't know what his friend's Quirk was, he would've thought it was telepathy.

Soon enough, they were nearing BoBoiBoy's classroom, and as they get closer, they hear the voice of someone familiar.

​​「 At the upcoming finals, we'll get individual scores, so we'll see who's better whether you like it or not. 」 Bakugou's voice boomed through the closed classroom door. ​​「 I'll beat you with an indisputable difference! I'll kill you! 」

​​「 Talk about anger issues. Take care now. 」 Hitoshi sweatdropped, shaking his head with a tsk, before bidding BoBoiBoy goodbye. ​​「 Thanks again, Tosh. 」 BoBoiBoy said, earning another blush from his friend who was still not used to the new nickname.

​​「 Todoroki! You, too! 」 Bakugou's voice shouted as BoBoiBoy was opening the door, only to be met with the said angry blond who glared at him with so much ferociousness that he almost stumbled back.

​​「 BoBoiBoy... 」 Bakugou growled his name out, walking past him.「 I'll crush you, too. 」

Feeling a bit of his playfulness returning, BoBoiBoy grinned. 「 Do your worst then. I'll crush you ten times harder. 」

Bakugou left without another retort, and BoBoiBoy entered the room only to be bombarded by worried questions from almost everyone.

​​「 BoBoiBoy! Are you alright? 」 Ochako asked, her face filled with worry and concern.

​​「 Monoma was being a big jerk! 」 Tsuyu huffed in irritation.

​​「 How could he say stuff like that! 」 Hagakure stomped her foot in frustration.

He tried to reassure them. ​​「 I feel better now, but I'm still a bit upset. 」 It was a half-true but half-not either.

Kaminari jumped in, attempting to change the subject, which BoBoiBoy was grateful for.​ ​「 BoBoiBoy. About the practical exams. 」 He started, but BoBoiBoy just smiled. ​​「 Something about robots, right? I was filled in. 」 BoBoiBoy explained, already knowing about it thanks to Hitoshi.

​​「 Still. I think we shouldn't believe that it will be final. 」 BoBoiBoy stated as he glanced at everyone still in the room. 「 Zawa-sensei is notorious for being tactfully deceitful. 」 His words leave them in their thoughts.

With his things gathered up, BoBoiBoy waves goodbye to everyone as he moves to leave. ​​「 See you later. 」 He said, smiling at Shouto's disappointed face at the lack of staying behind after school and Izuku's attempt at a comforting smile that came of more nervous but BoBoiBoy appreciated it nonetheless.

Once he was out in the halls again, he made a beeline to the fork in the corridor.

​​"Were you spying on us?" BoBoiBoy questioned with a knowing smirk, suspicious of the raven-haired man who was hiding behind the corner. Aizawa sighed, looking at BoBoiBoy seriously. "I heard about what happened in the cafeteria." He said, which made the brunet pout.

"You're changing the subject. I'm feeling better... Tosh helped me cheer up." BoBoiBoy stated as Aizawa raised an eyebrow at "Tosh". Was it a nickname for someone or was it Toshinori? Aizawa didn't know which he would rather it be.

​"However, I'm going to assume that this is for the exams." The brunet said, gesturing at the raven-haired man. ​"The exams won't include robots, will they?" Aizawa didn't answer him, so BoBoiBoy took it as a means that he was somewhat accurate.

"I have a feeling... it also won't be an individual test..."

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【 Are you kids okay?! 】 Amato rushed towards the teen's side, inspecting each and everyone of them for any serious injuries. 【 We're okay, Mr. Amato. 】 Yaya tried to assure the man. 【 It's not okay! We just crashed into this planet! We could've died! 】 Gopal exclaimed, leaving Yaya's attempts to calm the situation futile, as the boy cried out.

Looking at the state of their broken, crashed spaceship, Fang feels a chill run down his spine. He whipped his head around, searching for any sort of life force in the area, but everything was still. He had a bad feeling about this place. Ying tries to stand up but winces and hisses, massaging her ankle in an attempt to ease the pain. Amato and Yaya immediately rush to Ying's side to assess the injury — a sprained ankle most likely.

Trusting Yaya to look after her friend, Amato turns to Mechabot who was already scanning the area, and then to Ochobot who was becoming increasingly worried and paranoid. 【 Hey buddy... Are you holding up alright? 】 Amato whispered softly, patting the power sphera gently, which Ochobot appreciated. 【 What was that thing? It destroyed your ship and it had BoBoiBoy's voice... 】

Amato would be lying if he said he knew. He hadn't encountered something like this before, and it made him uneasy. 【 I don't know. 】 He admitted. 【 But, let's go find some shelter for now. 】

There was no one around but . . . why did it feel like they were being watched?





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The exams are next chapter, maybe some training montage for Boi.

I really liked the cafeteria scene in this one. It's something I've been looking forward to writing. Not because I hate Monoma, I actually think he's a pretty good character (I just really hated how rude he was, especially in that episode, like bruh.)

Did any of you think Hitoshi would be back? :) I really like him and his growing relationship with our Boi. I want to write him in these chapters more in the future. Same with Hatsume.

I wonder were the BBBG gang are at 🤔🤔 Who could be watching them?

:)

Thank you for all the reads and comments! Hope to see you in the next update soon!

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