Wired Differently chap 9: The Arcade (My Hero Academia Tododeku slowburn)

Chapter 7: Lunch

Chapter 8: The Walk

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Todoroki POV

I followed Midoriya into the arcade and was hit with a wall of sound. There were also a lot of people crammed inside. I hate places like this. Yet I followed the smaller boy farther inside bracing myself for the noise. I didn't want to disappoint him. If I did he may not want to spend time with me and be my friend anymore and just push me to the side in favor of Iida and Uchaka, I didn't even understand why he put up with me to this degree.

Midoriya POV

I was kinda a bit relieved as we approached the arcade it's not that I don't like the brief exchanges I got from Todorki I know that he's just not big on talking or has the best social skills but it was still a relief that now there would be some form of activity for us to do.

"What do we do now?" the beautiful boy asked.

I looked back at him and managed to stutter out, "C-ards!" the duel hair colored boy looked a little confused.

"Cards?" he asked.

"We need to buy cards that have credits on them so we can play games!" I responded.

"What types of games are there?" it's amazing how little of a childhood he actually had, I feel really bad for him...

"There are all kinds of games," I said as I walked farther inside.

"How much are those toys?" Todoroki asked while pointing to the prize sections.

"You don't buy them with money you need to win those by getting tickets, which you get from playing games"

Todoroki POV

I wanted to get him something to prove my worth as a friend. I knew that he views me as one, but deep down I felt I needed to prove it to him. I needed to prove that I'm worthy to be friends with that wonderful boy.

Midoriya walked and took me on a tour of the arcade saying what each game was.

I found that I enjoyed the racing game. Midoriya liked the fighting games. In the first round, I didn't know who to pick so I let the game pick for me. I got Endeavor. I was not happy about that. After that, I played as All MIght. I had more fun playing as him. I knew that he let me win most of the rounds. He's just that sweet. After that, we played DDR. We were both really good at that game. We ended up gathering a small crowd of people watching us. Eventually, we ended up at air hockey. I had a lot of fun. I felt like I was actually enjoying my life, as well as my time with Midoriya.

Though I didn't see any tickets and when I asked him, he told me that the games that we were playing didn't give tickets, but it didn't really matter because all the good things cost a few thousand tickets. He also said that he always wanted to get something big from there. wanted. I decided that I needed to win him enough tickets to get whatever he wanted. I needed to prove that I'm worthy of being his friend.

Midoriya POV

Spending time at the arcade was so much fun I never really played the racing games they made Todoroki happy so I raced with him. In the fighting game after he had to play as Endeavor, he asked to be All Might, who I was playing as so I let him and played around as the other characters I've never used most of them, but it was fun! I was still way better than him because he never played this or any video game before, I let him win some rounds because I wanted him to be happy! He isn't really competitive so it was just a lot of fun the last person I played two players with was Kachan and he's really competitive. The game was much more fun with Todoroki!

Then we played DDR which we were both great at it was so much fun! We just kept going and going! People even started gathering around watching it was so cool! I haven't played that game since I got strong I used to get winded after a few minutes, but that didn't happen at all this time I was able to just keep going and going!

After that, we went to the air hockey tables, for a surprisingly relaxing game. Then it happened...

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