It was a peaceful afternoon with Misaka Mikoto and her friends going to eat lunch together at a restaurant named Joseph's. Unfortunately, Uiharu and Kuroko got called into a Judgement work and have to join late.

"It sucks suddenly getting called into work when you just want to hang out and have fun."

"Yeah. But nothing we can do because troubles can come out of nowhere and nothing we do can prevent it"

And now, while on the way to the restaurant, Mikoto is chatting with the only one with her now besides Kuroko and Uiharu which are currently busy dealing with work, Saten Ruiko.

Currently, they are talking about the problematic things in their life and wish that there are no other troubles in the rest of the day. When they arrived in the restaurant, unfortunately the tables are full. When they were about to leave, a waitress called out to them.

"If you don't mind, there is a table with only one person and there are enough space so would you want to share the table with that person?"

"As long as we can relax, we're fine but I would like to ask that person first if he is okay with it.", responded Mikoto

"Okay, let me show you the table." The waitress guides Mikoto and Saten to the table where there is someone who seems like sleeping with a lot of books piled beside him which they assume is homework.

"Umm, because the tables are full, do you mind sharing with these customers?"
"It's okay, I don't mind" replied the spiky haired boy whose sound seems that he was awake all night.

After he said that, he lifted his face and took a sip of the coffee he ordered because of how long he spent awake doing his homework. When Mikoto saw his face, she only shouted one thing.

"Y-YOU IDIOT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE! A-and why do you have black circles below your eyes?" as she shouted that, she and Saten sat down and begin to talk to the misfortunate boy.

"What? Am I not allowed to go here? I have these black eyes because I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and remembered I have homework to do. At this rate, I might not be able to finish the homework in time. Such misfortune."

"Ah, speaking of homework, I ALSO FORGOT ABOUT MINEEEEE!" Saten exclaimed as she realized that she also forgot about that she had homework to do.

"Ah, I can just ask Uiharu for hers so I can copy her homework."

"Lucky you, like I have someone who conveniently let me copy their homework. I get the feeling that if something like that happens I feel like the world is somehow gonna get threathened because of my misfortune."

As he was talking like he was half asleep, he forgot that he is still holding a cup of coffee in his hands and his misfortune strikes and so the coffee he is holding as the hot coffee poured and seems to awaken him for a while due to the sudden pan he felt.

"AAAAAAAAH SUCH MISFORTUNE!"

"You idiot, why don't you go wash your face first so you're not that sleepy"

After cleaning the mess he accidentally caused, he stood up and walked to the bathroom until he felt sudden pain on the back of his head.

"YOU APE WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE AND WHY ARE YOU SITTING ON THE SAME TABLE AS ONEE SAMA?"

"KUROKO! WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS DROPKICKING HIM FOR NO REASON WHEN HE IS DOING NOTHING WRONG!"

When Mikoto saw that her roommate kicked her secret crush, she approached Kuroko and punched her in the middle of her head.

"Anyways the tables are full and we have no choice but to share the table with him."

"Okay, if you say so…."

As they are talking, Touma got up and walked to the bathroom and washed his face. As he was about to lean down to the sink so he can wash his face, his misfortune strikes and he slipped and his entire head got drenched by the flowing water from the tap. Resigning to his misfortune, he walked out of the bathroom, with his hair and face fully wet.

As he exited the bathroom and returned to his seat, he saw Kuroko having a huge bump on her head and looking slightly burned. As he saw this, he began to wonder if he will receive the same fate too when he teases her too much. He decided to put those thoughts aside and continued to do his homework completely ignoring the people who are sitting in the same table as him.

"Hey Idiot, why do you have so many homework anyways?" asked Mikoto as she truly wondered if he is such a big idiot to have this many homework to make up for his terrible grades.

"You won't understand the pain of a level 0 like me. I end up in the hospital so often that it ended up being my second home. Also, even with these homeworks done, I am still doomed to get held back a year. Such misfortune…."

Uiharu and Saten heard that the boy often got injured, so Uiharu decided to ask. "Kamijou-san why do you end up in the hospital so often it becomes your second home?"
"I got into accidents quite often and it makes my wallet cry in tears of blood looking at the bills."

Mikoto knew what type of accidents he usually get into and asked him, "Oh, would you mind explaining what type of 'accidents' you get into?"

Touma knows what type of 'accidents' she meant and he tried to cover it up by lying.

"Oh, due to my misfortune, I can easily walk on the street, somehow a random empty can rolls out of nowhere and make me slip, hit a pole and land face first to the sidewalk."

"Oh, so these type of 'accidents' somehow get you hospitalized even though they seem to not injure you so much?"

As Touma heard Mikoto say that, he began to sweat nervously and looked away from her and continued to work on his seemingly endless homework.

From the description, Uiharu began to wonder if he is lying or not. So, she decided to pull out her laptop and started to check the hospital logs on Touma. Beside her, Saten decided to take a peek too. When they found his hospital log, they were shocked. They just learned what his 'accidents' are. From his hospital logs, he somehow got his right arm cut off, nearly dying multiple times and he thinks it as his daily life. They decided that they won't invade his privacy any further and closed the laptop.

"Anyway let me see your homework."

As Mikoto managed to get one of his homework and opened its contents, she began to wonder how much of an idiot he is since the materials are as simple as middle school materials. Saten also decided to take one and look at the contents and she is also surprised that she managed to understand a part of it.

"Hey, Idiot. I know you are dumb but are you really this dumb? These are really easy and you should be able to do it."

As Touma heard that sentence, he began crying inside that a middle schooler is putting him to shame. But the curriculum in Tokiwadai is much more advanced compared to his school curriculum.

"I'm sorry but offending you Kamijou-san but, even when I don't do my homeworks often, I can understand small bits of these questions."

As Touma heard a normal middle schooler girl said that, his pride took a heavy blow and he began to cry because of how incompetent he is in studies and began to wonder how dark his future will be.

"So Idiot, since I have nothing else to do, you want me to help you?"

"No Misaka, Kamijou-san's pride has taken a heavy blow from middle schoolers so let me do this hellish homework that you call easy by myself and know how much of an idiot I am."

Seeing him like that made Mikoto feel bad for him and decided to help him without his approval. Of course Mikoto has to move next to him in order to help him. In truth, Touma actually appreciated the help that she is giving and decided to go along so he can finish his homework faster and get out of the torture of doing homeworks. Meanwhile Saten and Uiharu decided to not interfere their moment together and watched quietly and enjoying how Mikoto sometimes acts all embarrassed and flustered due to his dumb retorts.

Meanwhile, Saten and Uiharu are watching them act like a cute couple and enjoying every moment of it. As they are watching, they saw that Kuroko is starting to gain consciousness and as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw that Mikoto is sitting next to Touma and almost went into "gorilla teleporter mode" if not stopped by Saten and Uiharu so that she does not ruin their good moment together.

"Shirai-san, please don't interrupt their moment. We don't often see this side of Misaka-san and she seems happy by this so don't interrupt, ok?" said Saten as she whispered this into Kuroko's ear and after that, she began to calm down as Mikoto is happy being with him.

Meanwhile, Touma is confused on everything that Mikoto said due to his lack of knowledge and attendance. He wondered again on how dumb he is to get help from a middle school student to do his homework.

"You know, if you need any help with your studies, you can just ask me for help. I don't mind teaching you."

"I might take your offer but taking help from a middle school student just feels wrong."

As soon as Mikoto heard that, she jabbed her elbow into his gut, making him wince in pain for a while and spoke up.

"If you can't do something, you can just ask someone for help. You're always like this. Always helping people but not asking for help. Atleast let me help you a little so I can lessen your burden."

As Touma heard that, he just smiled and just let her help him because he can't do anything to stop her. In a sense, they are similar because once they decided on helping someone, they won't stop no matter what.

When Mikoto finished helping Touma doing his homework, they didn't realize that they had been sitting there for hours and most of the customers have left and they were the only people sitting in the table. At the table, they saw a note saying that Kuroko is tired and wants to go back to the dorm early to rest. Meanwhile, Saten and Uiharu are going back to their dorm to do their own homework. After seeing this, she left with Touma walking together. When about to leave, Mikoto insisted that she is going to help him carry his homework because of how tired he is. Along the way, they stopped by the vending machine and Mikoto says that he should take a little rest on the nearby bench while she "buys" him a drink. When she returned, she found him sitting on the bench and he is asleep. Then, she sat beside him and put the drinks on the bench.

Meanwhile, she debated on giving him a lap pillow or not considering he is tired and should sleep in a better position. First, she looked around to see if anyone is nearby. She would be like a fireworks of blush if someone actually saw her giving him a lap pillow. When she saw no one nearby, she slowly approach him and after poking him a few times and he did not respond, she decided to put his head in her lap.

"You must be tired right? You might not say it but you got into something troublesome and ended up with all of that work. I will try to atleast help you lessen that burden and let you have some relaxing time away from the troubles." Saying this, she began to put her hand on his hair and began to move it. While seeing his sleeping face, she wanted to take a picture of it since she doesn't see it often and it looked kinda cute for her so she took out her phone and took the picture. She debated on using it as a wallpaper or not. If she wanted to use it as her wallpaper, she must pray to all gods in existence that Kuroko does not see it and turns into a wild rampaging gorilla on the hunt of a certain person. She decided to just keep it and put her phone back in her pocket.

She enjoyed every moment when he is sleeping in her lap and giving him comfort in his rough life. She began to smile while blushing little watching him sleep happily.

Unknown to her, Saten and Uiharu are watching them from the bushes and even took a picture of Mikoto blushing while smiling happily. The next time they meet, Saten wants to tease her on how the rest of the day went after they left. They were hoping that Kuroko actually went back home and not decided to stalk them.

Author's notes

If you reached this part, thank you for reading my fic. This fic was inspired by an idea I had while I was standing in the toilet. It truly is a wonderful place to think. If you want, leave a review so I can see what you think of this.